64 Chapter 5 Temperature Controller Operation
Figure 32 - Thermistor Resistance versus Temperature
----------Error T (°C)----------
R
2
T Actual
First Order
Fit. Eq. 2
3
Third Order
Fit. Eq. 1
4
97072
-20.00
-0.00
-0.32
55326
-10.00
0.00
-0.06
32650
0.00
-0.00
0.09
19899
10.00
-0.00
0.15
12492
20.00
-0.00
0.13
10000
25.00
0.00
0.08
8057
30.00
0.00
0.01
5326
40.00
0.00
-0.20
3602
50.00
-0.00
-0.50
Table 6 - Comparison of Curve Fitting Equations
2
Resistance of a 10K, Fenwal UUA41J1 thermistor.
3
Constants A' = 0.963 * 10
-3
, B' = 2.598 * 10
-4
4
Constants A = 1.125 * 10
-3
(C1 = 1.125)
B = 2.347 * 10
-4
(C2 = 2.347)
C = 0.855 * 10
-7
(C3 = 0.855)