In-Situ Fiber Optic Chemical Sensors for Freshwater Aquaculture

淡水水产养殖系统需要改善 监测水质的仪器。 的闭环控制 水质将为这种增长提供额外的优势， 全球工业。 拟议方案的目标是 建立监测和控制水质的系统， 淡水水产养殖 这些系统将基于使用 新型光纤化学传感器或光电极。 这种类型的 传感器特别适合以下要求： 水溶液的连续原位监测。 的系统 将在该计划下开发的承诺， 水产养殖增长率、生产力和效率 环境安全设施。 在第一阶段计划中， 将对淡水水产养殖进行评估。 氨光极将 在实验室中设计、制造和校准。 这 传感器将在一个循环水系统中进行评估。 化学传感器检测其他化学物质或 需求评估中确定的水参数将 发展。 此外，一个系统的概念， 监测和控制淡水养殖水质 系统将被开发。

Freshwater aquaculture systems have requirements for improved instrumentation to monitor water quality. Closed loop control of water quality will provide additional advantages to this growing worldwide industry. The objective of the proposed program is to develop systems to monitor and control water quality in freshwater aquaculture. These systems will be based on the use of novel fiber optic chemical sensors or optrodes. This type of sensor is especially well suited to the requirements of continuous in-situ monitoring of aqueous solutions. The systems that will be developed under this program promise to increase aquaculture growth rates, productivity and efficiencies in environmentally safe facilities. In the Phase I program, the requirements for chemical sensors in freshwater aquaculture will be assessed. An ammonia optrode will be designed, fabricated, and calibrated in the laboratory. This sensor will then be evaluated in a recirculating aquasystem. Concepts for chemical sensors to detect other chemical species or water parameters identified in the requirements assessments will be developed. Additionally, a concept for a system that will both monitor and control water quality in freshwater aquaculture systems will be developed.