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Study of the requirements
of an autonomous system for surface water
2019/07/15 |
Abstract
In recent years, there has been increasing
awareness of the preservation, protection and sustainable use of natural
resources. Water resources, being one of the most important natural
resources, face major threats due to contamination by pollutants of various
types and origins. Maintaining the quality of water resources requires
more robust, reliable and more frequent
monitoring than traditional techniques of data collection based on sporadic,
discontinuous and manual processes. The management of large geographical
areas, the insufficient spatiotemporal
discretization of the values of samples collected by traditional processes
and the unpredictability of natural phenomena, require a new approach
to data collection procedures. This article, which is the result of ongoing
research, defines the technical requirements and technologies used in
a continuous and regular monitoring of surface water quality in freshwater
systems, whose data acquisition system helps to identify the sources of
pollution and the contaminants flow along the waterways. The design of
a versatile real-time water quality monitoring system, which, due to its
environmental constraints should be based on renewable energies and wireless
transfer of energy, will contribute to improve the management and effective
protection of water resources.
| Published in: Renewable Energy & Power Quality Journal (RE&PQJ, Nº. 17) | |
| Pages: 399-404 | Date of Publication: 2019/07/15 |
| ISSN: 2172-038X | Date of Current Version:2019/04/10 |
| REF: 323-19 | Issue Date: July 2019 |
| DOI:10.24084/repqj17.323 | Publisher: EA4EPQ |
Authors and affiliations
M. Barros, P. Granchinho, C. Ferreira, P. Neves, H.
Magalhães, L. Santos, B. Lopes, J. Marques H. Pinho 1, S. Mourato2
and A. Martins3
1. Departmental Engineering Unit - Smart Cities Research Center (Ci2).
E.S.T.T., Institute Polytechnic of Tomar (IPT)
Tomar (Portugal)
2. Institute Polytechnic of Leiria (IPL), (Portugal)
3. Intermunicipal Community of Médio Tejo (CIMT), (Portugal)
Key words
Water quality monitoring, wireless sensor networks, wireless charging, autonomous vehicles, environment protection, resources management.
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