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A remote fiber optic liquid level measuring system

A. ABU_AL_AISH1,* , M. REHMAN1, M. RIZAL ARSHAD1

Affiliation

  1. Electrical Engineering Department, University Science of Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Seberang Perai Selatan, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Abstract

A simple fiber optic technique is developed for the remote measurement of the liquid level. It utilizes the static pressure, applied by the liquid, to measure the liquid level. A diaphragm type basic sensor is used to convert the pressure into deflection and deflection of the diaphragm is used to modulate the light falling on it. The resulting optical signal, containing information about the liquid level, travels through the optical fiber up to the earth station where it is converted into electrical signal, by the receiver, based on photo diode. It has been calibrated up to 70 cm depth in a water tank when the receiver is kept at a distance of 20 meters..

Keywords

Fiber optic sensors, Pressure measurement, Intensity modulation, Liquid level.

Citation

A. ABU_AL_AISH, M. REHMAN, M. RIZAL ARSHAD, A remote fiber optic liquid level measuring system, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 6, June 2010, pp.799-802 (2010).

Submitted at: March 3, 2010

Accepted at: June 16, 2010