Title :
Optimization of water quality monitoring based on fuzzy algorithms
Author :
Azhar, Saiful Azwad Saipol ; Johar, Haffiz ; Baki, Shah Rizam Mohd Shah ; Md Tahir, Nooritawati
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Abstract :
Water quality resembles physical, chemical and biology features of the water. Water quality level is used to determine the suitability and safeness for general usage. Hence in this study, fuzzy algorithms are developed to evaluate water quality based on three features namely power of hydrogen (pH), dissolved oxygen (DO) as well as temperature. Firstly, sensors of pH and DO are connected to stamp circuit that acted as universal asynchronous receiver / transmitter (UART) whilst temperature sensor is connected to a microcontroller. Next, fuzzy algorithms are developed based on water quality standards from the Department of Environmental Malaysia for decision making. Thus, both hardware and software are integrated and initial findings showed that the proposed system is apt for monitoring of water quality.
Keywords :
computer interfaces; environmental monitoring (geophysics); environmental science computing; fuzzy set theory; microcontrollers; thermometers; water quality; Department of Environmental Malaysia; UART; biology features; chemical features; decision making; dissolved oxygen; fuzzy algorithms; microcontroller; physical features; power-of-hydrogen; stamp circuit; temperature sensor; universal asynchronous receiver- transmitter; water quality monitoring optimization; water quality standards; Decision making; Electrodes; Monitoring; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Water pollution; dissolved oxygen (D); fuzzy algorithm; power of hydrogen (pH); temperature; water quality;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Process & Control (ICSPC), 2013 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2208-6
DOI :
10.1109/SPC.2013.6735148
