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Multi-Sensor System For Level Measurements With Optical Fibres

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Tecnología Electrónicaes
dc.affiliation.grupoinvUC3M. Grupo de Investigación: Displays y Aplicaciones Fotónicases
dc.contributor.authorVázquez García, María Carmen
dc.contributor.authorGarcinuño, J.
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Pena, José Manuel
dc.contributor.authorGonzalo, Ana B.
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-23T11:05:10Z
dc.date.available2009-04-23T11:05:10Z
dc.date.issued2002-11
dc.description.abstractA system for measuring liquid level in multiple tanks using optical fibre technology has been developed. The oil field service industry can benefit from this intrinsically safe technology. Plastic optical fibre (POF) sensor heads are excited by a 650 nm laser. Laser diodes are housed in ST connectors to obtain compact and rough prototypes and these connectors are also used in the fibre pigtails. Optical multiplexing is used to increase the measuring safety area. POF splitters and connectors are used to combine all the receiving sensor head fibres in a single one. Frequency division multiplexing is used to address each sensor head. The global system is controlled through a user friendly software application running in a PC connected to the system via an RS-232 port. A scalable prototype with a range greater than 2 meter, good linearity, better than 1.5% FS (full scale), high accuracy and resolution is developed using a unique lens to collimate and focus the light. Measurements are taken to validate the designs. Up to 8 sensor heads can be connected in the present implementation. But a greater number of sensors can be allocated with minor modifications in the electronics.
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid
dc.description.statusPublicado
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationIECON´02 (28th Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society), 2002, Vol. 4. p. 2657-26
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/IECON.2002.1182813
dc.identifier.isbn0-7803-7474-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/4059
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherIEEE
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2002.1182813
dc.rights© IEEE
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.subject.ecienciaElectrónica
dc.subject.otherComputerised instrumentation
dc.subject.otherFibre optic sensors
dc.subject.otherFrequency division multiplexing
dc.subject.otherPetroleum industry
dc.subject.otherMeasurement by laser beam
dc.subject.otherSemiconductor laser
dc.titleMulti-Sensor System For Level Measurements With Optical Fibres
dc.typeconference proceedings*
dc.type.reviewPeerReviewed
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