"

Cookies ussage consent

I agree.

Our site saves small pieces of text information (cookies) on your device in order to deliver better content and for statistical purposes. You can disable the usage of cookies by changing the settings of your browser. By browsing our site without changing the browser settings you grant us permission to store that information on your device.

Fiber optic displacement sensor for honey purity detection in distilled water

N. HIDA1, N. BIDIN1,* , M. ABDULLAH1, M. YASIN1,2

Affiliation

  1. Advance Photonic Science Institute, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor, Malaysia
  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Airlangga University, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia

Abstract

A simple fiber optic displacement sensor is employed for sensing a purity of honey in distilled water. Concentration of honey is varied from 75% to 100% of honey purity. Prior that, the performances of sensor is first demonstrated by sensing output signal in air. The front slope has a sensitivity of 2.7116 mV/mm while the sensitivity of the back slope is 0.5323 mV/mm. Both of slopes have more than 99% of linearity in range between 0.05 - 0.50 mm and 1.05 - 2.90 mm respectively. By increasing honey concentration, the peak light intensity is linearly increases and gives the measured peak voltage sensitivities about 0.02 mV/%. A real-time measurement, low cost, stability, high sensitivity and simplicity of design promote a well-developed sensor in providing useful parameters in detecting purity of honey..

Keywords

Fiber optic, Fiber optic displacement sensor, Honey detection.

Citation

N. HIDA, N. BIDIN, M. ABDULLAH, M. YASIN, Fiber optic displacement sensor for honey purity detection in distilled water, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 7, 7-8, July-August 2013, pp.565-568 (2013).

Submitted at: Feb. 26, 2013

Accepted at: July 11, 2013