PRESENTED BY: VIVEK UPADHYAY ECE 3RD YEAR

The discovery was made by professor Ajay sood and his student Shankar Gosh of IISC Bangalore. Fluid flow through bundles of atomic-scale straw-like tubes of carbon known as nanotubes, generated tens of micro volts across the tubes in the direction of the flow of the liquid. It can sense a flow of low speed.

Direct generation of measurable voltages and currents is possible when a fluids flows over a variety of solids.
Its basic principle is based on Bernoulli's principle and the See beck effect.

CNT ( Carbon nano tube ) was discovered by S. Iijima in June,1991.

It has two types, 1-single walled and 2-multi walled carbon Nano tube.

It is made by rolling of graphene sheet.

Hot wire cnt flow sensor wide application in fluid mechanics . It is mainly used for measurement in low-velocity flow or low turbulence flow. HW cnt FS is characterized by high spatial and time resolution, high frequency band, low background noise, simple apparatus, and low cost.

We tested the steady-state performance of the MSCNTS-HWFS & HWFS Pt 100 in a wind tunnel where maximum air velocity was about 15 m/s. It was calibrated by a commercial HWFS to guarantee measurement accuracy. The response of both the flow sensors are measured and compared to attain a conclusion.

The sensitivity S of the HWFS can be defined as follows:

where and are the output voltage at zero and maximum air velocities, respectively.

Due to the large surface-to-volume ratio and thin coated Al2O3 layer, the CNT flow-rate sensor has higher sensitivity and faster response than a conventional platinum (Pt) HWFS.

Electrically CNTs are both semiconductor and metallic in nature . structure and properties is based on the two dimensional structure of Graphene. it behaves as a metal.

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sensor Biosenser Temperature and humidity sensor. Chemical sensor. Flow sensor

We have developed a MSCNTS-HWFS characterized by higher sensitivity and faster response compared to the conventional Pt HWFS.

We also propose an effective way to improve the repeatability of the MSCNTS-HWFS by coating a layer of Al2O3 on the CNT surface.