4.7 Article

Low-cost Fiberoptic Probe for Ammonia Early Detection in Fish Farms

Journal

REMOTE SENSING
Volume 12, Issue 9, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs12091439

Keywords

polymer optical fibers; ammonia detection; optical fiber coating; aquaculture

Funding

  1. FAPES [85426300, 84336650]
  2. CNPq [304049/2019-0, 427054/2018-4]
  3. Petrobras [2017/00702-6]
  4. Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [CEECIND/00034/2018]
  5. FCT/MEC [UIDB/50025/2020, UIDP/50025/2020]
  6. national funds (OE), through FCT, I.P.

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Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are complex systems in which there is an interaction between the fish biomass and water chemistry, where small variations in the environment can lead to major effects in the production. Ammonia is one of the key limiting factors in RAS and its early detection in small concentrations prevents fish mortality and improves the production quality. Aiming at this background, this paper presents a low-cost fiberoptic probe for the early detection of ammonia. The sensor was based on the chemical interaction between the Oxazine 170 perchlorate layer, deposited in an uncladed polymer optical fiber (POF), and the ammonia dissolved in water. In addition, a thin metallic layer (composed by gold and palladium) was deposited in the fiber end facet and acted as a reflector for the optical signals, enabling the use of the proposed sensor in reflection mode. Different configurations of the sensor were tested, where the effects of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) protective layer, thermal treatments, and the use on reflection or transmission modes were compared in the assessment of ammonia concentrations in the range of 100 ppb to 900 ppb. Results showed a better performance (as a function of the sensor sensitivity and linearity) of the sensor with the annealing thermal treatment and without the PDMS layer. Then, the proposed fiberoptic probe was applied on the ammonia detection in high-salinity water, where ammonia concentrations as low as 100 ppb were detected.

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