Paper Key : IRJ************566
Author: Mauli Kumar Pandhare,Shrikant Madan Maske,Sumit Parit
Date Published: 21 Nov 2024
Abstract
Jaggery, an unprocessed natural sweetener derived from sugarcane, is a staple of traditional meals in many countries. Adulteration with refined sugar is a common problem that lowers its nutritional value and quality. This work highlights the development of an intrinsic fiber optic sensor to detect added sugar impurities in jaggery by destructive testing in a liquid format. This paper presents a fiber optic sensor (FOS) that detects contaminated jaggery using multimodal interference (MMI). The sensor is built using a core multimode fiber (C-MMF) segment with light source LED and phototransistor used with FOS. We draw attention to discovering two main adulterants in jaggery that change its refractive index (RI): the amount of moisture and glucose. Extensive testing contained four concentration ratios: 100:0%, 0:100, and jaggery: sugar. The sensor could detect all concentration intensities, and the measure in jaggery could detect glucose concentrations ranging from 25% to 75% and 100%. The sensor provides a fast
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