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Optical Fiber Spectroscopy for Environmental Monitoring
G. Mignani *, D.A. Jackson, M. Tur, C. Christofides, D. Halot, T. Kuzniz, A. Romolini, K. Kalli, A. Othonos
* IROE-CNR, Via Panciatichi 64, I-50127 Firenze, Italy, email: mignani@iroe.fi.cnr.it
The results of the joint research Programme INCO-DC ‘RAMFLAB’ are presented, consisting of a new instrumentation capable of detecting multi-component pollutant mixtures. On-line measurements are possible, either as separate instruments supporting fluorescence or absorption spectroscopy with the potential of a single instrument supporting both fluorescence or spectroscopy. The instrumentation can be operated remotely using conventional optics or fiber optic links and probes. A neural network software allows to obtain accurate information on multi-component water sample composition.
Target pollutants which have been investigated were Chromium mixtures and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the BTEX and crude oil.