Online water color monitoring by means of fiber optic technology in a water recycling plant

Anna Grazia Mignani; Andrea A. Mencaglia; Leonardo Ciaccheri; R. Camisa

doi:10.1117/12.549146

1 September 2004 Online water color monitoring by means of fiber optic technology in a water recycling plant

Anna Grazia Mignani, Andrea A. Mencaglia, Leonardo Ciaccheri, R. Camisa

Proceedings Volume 5459, Optical Sensing; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.549146
Event: Photonics Europe, 2004, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

After each step in the recycle process at the CONSER-IDRA water recycling plant (Prato, Italy), the water is stored in reservoirs. Up to now, the quality of the process has been monitored by taking samples from the reservoirs and analyzing them in the laboratory. This work presents a more efficient fiber optic system that provides online monitoring by measuring water color directly in the reservoirs. The system uses a fiber optic probe to perform absorption spectroscopy in the visible spectral range. The feasibility of using fiber optic technology for online monitoring has been confirmed by the positive results of several days of validation testing.

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Anna Grazia Mignani, Andrea A. Mencaglia, Leonardo Ciaccheri, and R. Camisa "Online water color monitoring by means of fiber optic technology in a water recycling plant", Proc. SPIE 5459, Optical Sensing, (1 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.549146

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