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

Author

García, Antonio ; Perez, Marcelo A. ; Ortega, Gustavo Jacinto Grillo ; Dizy, Javier Tejerina

Author_Institution

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

Volume

56

Issue

3

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

907

Lastpage

912

Abstract

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

Keywords

fibre optic sensors; turbidimetry; water pollution measurement; IR sensors; fiber optics; industrial sensors; industrial-process water; light transmission; low-cost four-beam turbidimeter; optical fibers; turbidity measurement; water quality; waterproof protection; Atmospheric measurements; Biomedical optical imaging; Infrared sensors; Optical design; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Protection; Ultraviolet sources; Fiber optics; IR sensors; industrial sensors; supervision; turbidity; water quality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2007.894222

Filename

4200997