Optical method to determine the quantity of water in milk using the visible radiation range

Abstract

An optical method for determine the quantity of water in milk using the visible optical radiation range is proposed. On the basis of theoretical and experimental studies of the water-milk solution spectral characteristics the proposed method mathematical model was created. The mathematical modeling of passing of the visible range optical radiation through a water-milk solution on certain thickness of the solution layer is carried out. As a result of the modeling, the dependence of the output voltage of the photoreceiver based on a pair of photodiode-operating amplifier the relative mass fraction of milk in the water-milk solution and the wavelength of the optical radiation in the visible range is obtained.