Title :
Detection of solvents using distributed fibre optic sensor
Author :
MacLean, A. ; Moran, C. ; Johnstone, W. ; Culshaw, B. ; Marsh, D. ; Parker, P.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
A fibre optic sensor that is capable of distributed detection of liquid solvents is presented. Sensor interrogation using optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) provides the capability of locating solvent spills to a precision of ±2 m over a total sensor length that may extend to 20 km.
Keywords :
chemical sensors; distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; optical time-domain reflectometry; distributed fibre optic sensor; liquid solvent detection; optical time domain reflectometry;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030838
