Utilising pattern recognition techniques to implement a multipoint optical fibre sensor system for use in process water systems

Damien King, William B. Lyons, Colin Flanagan, Elfed Lewis

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Abstract

A multipoint optical fibre sensor system, containing five sensing elements, capable of detecting various concentrations of ethanol in water supplies is reported. The sensing elements are based on a U-bend sensor configuration and are incorporated into a 62.5μm core diameter 500-metre length of silica cladding silica core optical fibre. The sensor is interrogated using Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) and it is proposed to apply artificial neural network (ANN) pattern recognition techniques to the resulting OTDR signals to accurately classify the sensor test conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Fourth IEEE Conference on Sensors 2005
Pages211-214
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
EventFourth IEEE Conference on Sensors 2005 - Irvine, CA, United States
Duration: 31 Oct 20053 Nov 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Sensors
Volume2005

Conference

ConferenceFourth IEEE Conference on Sensors 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityIrvine, CA
Period31/10/053/11/05

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