New Optical Tools for Water Quality Diagnostics

Varotsos, Costas A.; Krapivin, Vladimir F.; Mkrtchyan, Ferdenant A.

New Optical Tools for Water Quality Diagnostics

2019

Varotsos, Costas A. | Krapivin, Vladimir F. | Mkrtchyan, Ferdenant A.

New optical tools are proposed for the real-time diagnosis of water quality without traditional sampling and laboratory physico-chemical analysis. In particular, the optical decision-making system is developed as an operational tool for in-situ assessment of water quality in natural water areas. Specifically, three versions of this system are analyzed using 8-channel and 35-channel photometric devices and a 128-channel spectroelipsometric device. The spectral images obtained from these devices are the basis for the diagnosis of water quality by using new algorithms to detect these spectral images. In more detail, four algorithms are developed to identify optical spectral images of water objects. The effectiveness of these optical tools is demonstrated in experimental water quality control sites in water systems operating under different climatic conditions. Finally, the results for the determination of the various pollutants at the surface of these water bodies are presented.

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