Physics Coursework
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Introduction: It is common after a days work people take a bath and there are countless occasions the water is not hot enough. Many have often wondered why there is not some kind of product on the market to deal with this problem, something to sense the temperature of the water inside a domestic hot water tank. Aim: To design and test a sensor that would be capable of measuring the temperature of water inside a domestic hot water tank (20-80°C). Design of the sensor: To fully grasp the needs of this project it is necessary to understand the workings of a hot water tank. A coil heats the water. Inside the water is in a continuous loop. The gas boiler heats the water in the loop this then flows from the boiler to a coiled loop inside the boiler. The coil becomes hot and heats the water inside the tank due to the...


