Optical Transmission-Based Water Turbidity Measurement System

Turbidity is one of the important parameter for the determination of water quality. The current existing method of measuring turbidity of water could come in bulky size or small portable turbidity meter. The ability to handle many samples and implementation of on-line monitoring is limited for su...

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Main Author:	Ahmad Shauri, Ruhizan Liza
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	Water quality - Measurement - Case studies
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5146/1/FK_2006_39.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.51462013-05-27T07:20:43Z Optical Transmission-Based Water Turbidity Measurement System 2006 Ahmad Shauri, Ruhizan Liza Turbidity is one of the important parameter for the determination of water quality. The current existing method of measuring turbidity of water could come in bulky size or small portable turbidity meter. The ability to handle many samples and implementation of on-line monitoring is limited for such devices while some do not support this feature. Taking measurements would be laborious and time consuming especially when the sources of samples are located in remote places which are difficult to be accessed by human. In this research, an alternative turbidity measurement system called the “Optical Transmission-Based Water Turbidity Measurement System” is designed and its performance is analysed and compared to the measurement from a standard turbidity meter. The concept of the proposed measurement system is to make the turbidity measurement remote, easy to handle and more flexible. The use of fibre optic as the element of carrying light enables measurement taken at the source of sample but could be remotely controlled from other place by the user. The design for the fibre optic set-up, transmitter circuit, receiver circuit and signal conditioning circuit were covered. The assembly program for Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC) was also created. Water quality - Measurement - Case studies 2006 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5146/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5146/1/FK_2006_39.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Water quality - Measurement - Case studies Faculty of Engineering English
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description	Turbidity is one of the important parameter for the determination of water quality. The current existing method of measuring turbidity of water could come in bulky size or small portable turbidity meter. The ability to handle many samples and implementation of on-line monitoring is limited for such devices while some do not support this feature. Taking measurements would be laborious and time consuming especially when the sources of samples are located in remote places which are difficult to be accessed by human. In this research, an alternative turbidity measurement system called the “Optical Transmission-Based Water Turbidity Measurement System” is designed and its performance is analysed and compared to the measurement from a standard turbidity meter. The concept of the proposed measurement system is to make the turbidity measurement remote, easy to handle and more flexible. The use of fibre optic as the element of carrying light enables measurement taken at the source of sample but could be remotely controlled from other place by the user. The design for the fibre optic set-up, transmitter circuit, receiver circuit and signal conditioning circuit were covered. The assembly program for Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC) was also created.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ahmad Shauri, Ruhizan Liza
author_facet	Ahmad Shauri, Ruhizan Liza
author_sort	Ahmad Shauri, Ruhizan Liza
title	Optical Transmission-Based Water Turbidity Measurement System
title_short	Optical Transmission-Based Water Turbidity Measurement System
title_full	Optical Transmission-Based Water Turbidity Measurement System
title_fullStr	Optical Transmission-Based Water Turbidity Measurement System
title_full_unstemmed	Optical Transmission-Based Water Turbidity Measurement System
title_sort	optical transmission-based water turbidity measurement system
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Engineering
publishDate	2006
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5146/1/FK_2006_39.pdf
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Optical Transmission-Based Water Turbidity Measurement System

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