DEVELOPMENT OF A DECANTATION SENSOR BY PICTURES ANALYSE
Laboratory
Laboratoire Unité de Recherche des Procédés Biologiques, département Génie des Procédés Industriels, INSA Toulouse, INSA Transfert.
Address :
Complèxe Scientifique de Rangueil,
31077 Toulouse Cédex 4. FRANCE.
Tel / Fax. (33)(0)5 61 55 95 36.
Responsables : Isabelle Queinnec (LAAS) / Michel Mauret (INSA Transfert) / Etienne Paul (INSA).
E mail :
queinnec@laas.fr or paul@insa-tlse.fr
Activities :
Academical and industrial development research on biological processes. The main works are urban and industrial wastewater and waste treatment oriented.
Work done
Position :
Study engineer, project developer.
Date : from 01/02/97 to 01/08/97 : training period for the engineer diploma.
+ from 15/10/97 to 14/02/98 : contract.
Subject :
Development of an actived sludge*´s decantation analyser system (vision system) .
Sum up :
- Following of the activated sludges´decantation :
- Mathematical translation of the physical definition of the decantation´s front.
- Definition of the pictures´ treatment and analyse algorithms for the following of the decantation.
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- Development of the utilisation´s software.
- Procedures´ validation.
- Development of an automatical system :
- Development of a taking system.
- Development of a dilution system.
- System online.
- Precision validation of the system´s results.
- Study of the approximation of a matter quantity by picture´s treatment.
*Activated sludge are a bacterial´s population.
Material :
Computer : Pentium 120.
Black and white XC-75CE Sony´s camera.
Digital control card "l´Impulsion" + relay board.
Electrowaterworks, pumps ...
Programming :
The software have been done in C, with Borland, under Windows.