A New Design of Low-Cost Four-Beam Turbidimeter by Using Optical Fibers

Author

García, Antonio ; Grillo, Gustavo J. ; Pérez, Miguel A. ; Tejerina, Javier

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron., Comput. & Syst. Eng., Oviedo Univ., Gijon

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

16-19 May 2005

Firstpage

592

Lastpage

596

Abstract

Turbidity is one of most important water quality parameters; turbidity measurement and removal is as important in waters for human use as in industrial processes waters. This paper presents a new low cost, small size and good accuracy turbidimeter based upon the use of optical fibers for light transmission. Design takes advantage of using fibers and, consequently, waterproof protection becomes unnecessary, remote measurement is feasible and high S/N ratio is obtained, decreasing overall uncertainty

Keywords

light transmission; optical fibres; sensors; turbidimetry; four-beam turbidimeter; industrial sensors; infrared sensors; light transmission; optical fibers; remote measurement; turbidity measurement; water quality parameters; waterproof protection; Algorithm design and analysis; Light emitting diodes; Light scattering; Optical design; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Pollution measurement; Protection; IR sensors; Turbidity; fiber optics; industrial sensors; supervision; water quality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8879-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604185

Filename

1604185