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Salinity and water level measuring device using fixed type buoyancy  

Yang, Seung-Young (Korea Automotive Technology Institute)
Byun, Kyung-Seok (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Mokpo National University)
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Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing / v.21, no.1, 2020 , pp. 1-6 More about this Journal
Abstract
To make an automated system for a salt field, it is necessary to measure the salinity and water level of the evaporation site. In this paper, a method to simultaneously measure the salinity and water level by measuring the buoyancy forces of two fixed buoyancy bodies is proposed. The proposed measurement method measures the buoyancy of the main part and reference part when the measuring device is immersed in the salty water, and simultaneously measures the salinity and water level through the sum and difference of the two buoyancy forces. Since there is no mechanical movement in the measurement of buoyancy, measurement errors and maintenance needs can be reduced in the mudy environment of salt field. By applying the proposed method, we developed a system that can simultaneously measure salinity and water level remotely at the evaporation site of a salt field. Through a measurement experiment using a reference salty water having various levels of salinity, the results of a salinity error of 0% and a water level error of 2mm were obtained, and the effectiveness of the proposed salinity and water level measuring device was verified. When an automated system is constructed using the developed salinity and water level measuring device, labor reduction, work environment improvement, and productivity improvement are expected.
Keywords
Salinity; Water level; Salty water; Salt field; Salt field automation; Measuring system;
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