The content of the invention
To solve existing technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of rainfall measuring device, system and method,
Being capable of reliable in the presence of a harsh environment, accurate, economic and self-timing collection and measurement rainfall.
To reach above-mentioned purpose, what the technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention was realized in:
A kind of rainfall measuring device, described device include:Casing, rainwater-collecting portion, scupper, fibre optical sensor, optical fiber
Float, slide bar, drain plug;
Wherein, the slide bar is fixed on the bottom in the casing;The optical fiber float is arranged on the slide bar, described
Optical fiber float slides up and down in the casing under the buoyancy of water along the slide bar;The optical fiber end of the fibre optical sensor
End is fixed on the optical fiber float, and bending is produced with the slip of the optical fiber float;The optical fiber of the fibre optical sensor
End is coated with high reflectivity film;
The bottom of the casing is provided with discharge outlet, and the drain plug matches with the discharge outlet and is arranged on the row
On the mouth of a river;
Scupper is provided with the top of the casing, the rainwater-collecting portion passes through the scupper and the casing phase
It is logical.
Wherein, it is provided with sieve-like screen pack at the upper end open in the rainwater-collecting portion.
Wherein, described device also includes draining float, and the draining float is connected with the drain plug;In the casing
The draining float pulls the drain plug that action is opened and closed under the buoyancy of water;
Wherein, the draining float is connected by bracing wire with the drain plug.
A kind of rainfall measurement system, the system include:Rainfall detection device and above-mentioned rainfall measuring device;The rain
Amount detecting device includes:D/A modular converters, tunable laser, optical circulator, photodetector, A/D modular converters and calculating
Machine;The D/A modular converters are used for the light intensity for the transmitting light for setting the tunable laser;The tunable laser transmitting
Light the optical circulator is entered by the first interface of the optical circulator, and entered by the second interface through the optical circulator
Enter the fibre optical sensor of the rainfall measuring device, the high reflectivity film of the fibre optical sensor optical fiber connector is by most of light
The optical circulator is reflected into again, and enters the photodetector, the light via the 3rd interface of the optical circulator
Electric explorer detects the luminous power data of the interface of optical circulator the 3rd and sent the luminous power data of detection to described
A/D modular converters, by sending the computer after the A/D module processings to, computer is according to current luminous power number
According to current rainfall is calculated.
Wherein, the computer, for establishing the relation between optical power change and water change in advance;And it is used for
The luminous power data that the A/D modular converters currently transmit are received, and are based on changing it according to the optical power change and water
Between relation, obtain the change of current water, and then obtain current rainfall.
A kind of rainfall measuring method, methods described include:
Rainwater is collected by rainwater-collecting portion and enters casing;
In casing under the buoyancy of rainwater, optical fiber float floats upwards along slide bar, the optical fiber connector of fibre optical sensor with
The optical fiber float and produce bending;
The light intensity of the transmitting light of tunable laser, the light that tunable laser is launched are set by D/A modular converters
Optical circulator is entered by the first interface of optical circulator, and passed via the second interface of the optical circulator into the optical fiber
Sensor;
Most of light is reflected into the optical circulator by the high reflectivity film of the fibre optical sensor optical fiber connector again,
And enter photodetector via the 3rd interface of the optical circulator;
The photodetector detects the luminous power data of the interface of optical circulator the 3rd and by the luminous power of detection
Data send A/D modular converters to, by sending computer to after the A/D module processings;
Current rainfall is calculated according to current luminous power data in computer.
Wherein, methods described also includes:The buoyancy float downward of draining float in the casing in rainwater;
When rainwater in the casing exceeds scheduled volume, the draining float draws the drain plug of the bottom half
Rise, the rainwater in the casing is discharged, stop rainfall measurement.
Wherein, methods described also includes:Computer predefines the relation between optical power change and water change;It is described
Current rainfall is calculated according to current luminous power data in computer, including:Receive what the A/D modular converters currently transmitted
Luminous power data, and based on according to the relation between the optical power change and water change, the change of current water is obtained, and then
Obtain current rainfall.
Rainfall measuring device provided in an embodiment of the present invention, system and method, rain is carried out based on plastic optical fiber flexural property
Measurement, can be reliable in the presence of a harsh environment, accurate, economical, self-timing gathers and measures rainfall.
Embodiment
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of rainfall measuring device and method, and rainfall survey is carried out based on plastic optical fiber flexural property
Amount, can be reliable in the presence of a harsh environment, accurate, economical, self-timing gathers and measures rainfall.
In fiber optic communication and sensor-based system, there is bending loss to transmission quality and power budget etc. in plastic optical fiber
Large effect, meanwhile, the research in some new opplication fields can be carried out using the transmission characteristic under plastic optical fiber case of bending, such as
Intensity modulation type fibre optical sensor, there can be the bending loss of use value.Plastic optical fiber bending loss is ground in recent years
Study carefully the great attention for causing people.Meng Xian is micro- et al. (to be managed in Changchun in " tests and analysis of plastic optical fiber bending loss characteristics "
Itd is proposed in work college journal (natural science edition), bending loss becomes with the increase presentation index decreased of bending radius in plastic optical fiber
Gesture.Therefore, the rule that can change based on plastic optical fiber bending loss with bending radius, plastic optical fiber can be based on based on the rule
Flexural property carries out rainfall measurement, is surveyed using influence of the flexural property of plastic optical fiber to optical transport to make optical fiber passive rainfall
Amount device simultaneously provides corresponding measuring method.Fiber optic passive device has that electromagnetism interference, size are small, in light weight, intensity is high, resistance to
High temperature, it is corrosion-resistant the features such as, the measurement that is specifically adapted in adverse circumstances.
As shown in figure 1, the rainfall measuring device of the embodiment of the present invention can include:Plastic optical fiber sensor 1, optical fiber float
2nd, slide bar 3, drain plug 4, draining float 5, bracing wire 6, scupper 7, rainwater-collecting portion 8, casing 9.
The end of plastic optical fiber sensor 1 is coated with high reflectivity film, and on optical fiber float 2, optical fiber float 2 is arranged on
On slide bar 3, the optical fiber float 2 slides up and down in the casing 9 under the buoyancy of water along the slide bar 3, plastic light
The optical fiber connector of fiber sensor 1 is fixed on optical fiber float 2, and bending is produced with the slip of the optical fiber float 2;Plastic light
The optical fiber connector of fiber sensor 1 is coated with high reflectivity film.
The bottom of the casing 9 is provided with discharge outlet (not shown), and drain plug 4 matches and is arranged on the discharge outlet
In the discharge outlet.In practical application, draining float 5 can also be set in casing, draining float 5 is connected with drain plug 4,
In the amount of rainfall water more and more higher of casing 9, the buoyancy of rainwater floats draining float 5, and when rainwater reaches predetermined value, draining is floated
The buoyancy of rainwater is passed to drain plug 4 and can discharge the pull-up of drain plug 4, the interior rainwater collected of casing 9 by son 5.It is actual to answer
In, drain plug 4 can be connected with draining float 5 by bracing wire 6.
Wherein, rainwater-collecting portion 8 is in tubbiness, and bottom bung is entered inside casing 9 by the scupper 7 on the top of casing 9, with
Casing 9 is communicated, and the rainwater being collected into is sent into casing 9.Here, the top bung in rainwater-collecting portion 8 is additionally provided with sieve-like filtering
Net (not shown), to prevent from debris from falling into turn resulting in scupper 7 in rainwater-collecting portion 8 blocking.
Live rain collection is provided without electrical source of power, and the maintenance work to the later stage is also adapted in the region of bad environments
Also reduced with cost.The optical fiber end for being coated with the plastic optical fiber sensor 1 of reflectance coating is attached to one end of optical fiber float 2, and optical fiber floats
Son 2 is fixed between two slide bars 3, will and then be raised with the rise optical fiber float 2 of rate of water added, plastic optical fiber sensor 1
Optical fiber end will produce bending with the rise of optical fiber float 2, and the degree of crook of the optical fiber of plastic optical fiber sensor 1 will change it
Luminous power, by detecting the optical power change of plastic optical fiber sensor 1, changed according to predetermined optical power change and water
Between relation current rainfall can be calculated.
Present invention also offers a kind of rainfall measurement system, the rainfall measurement system includes rainfall as shown in Figure 1 and surveyed
Measure device and rainfall detection device as shown in Figure 2.
As shown in Fig. 2 rainfall detection device includes:D/A modular converters 10, tunable laser 11, optical circulator 12, light
Electric explorer 13, A/D modular converters 14 and computer 14.Wherein, tunable laser 11 is set to launch by D/A modular converters 10
The light intensity of light, the light that tunable laser 11 is launched enter optical circulator 12 by the first interface of optical circulator 12, and by passing through
The second interface of optical circulator 12 enters plastic optical fiber sensor 1, and the optical fiber connector of plastic optical fiber sensor 1 is coated with high reflectance
Film, most of light is reflected into optical circulator 12 by high reflectivity film again, and is entered via the 3rd interface of optical circulator 12
Enter photodetector 13, photodetector 13 detects the luminous power of the interface of optical circulator 12 the 3rd and by the luminous power number of detection
According to sending A/D modular converters 14 to, then send computer 15 after being handled by A/D modular converters 14 to and carry out calculating processing, finally
Obtain current rainfall.
The rainfall measurement system of the embodiment of the present invention sets tunable laser 11 to launch the light of light by D/A modular converters 10
By force, light is coated with high reflection by entering plastic optical fiber sensor 1, the optical fiber connector of plastic optical fiber sensor 1 after optical circulator 12
Rate film, light produce reflected light after being reflected by the high reflectivity film of optical fiber connector after entering plastic optical fiber sensor 1, reflected
Light returns to optical circulator 12 by plastic optical fiber sensor 1, and enters photodetector 13, and photodetector 13 detects reflected light
Luminous power, then computer 15 is given after being handled by A/D modular converters 14 and carries out calculating processing.
And then raised with the rise optical fiber float of rate of water added, it is different degrees of that different waters can cause plastic optical fiber to carry out
Bending, and different bending radius correspond to different reception light intensity.By computer 15 establish water and bending radius it
Between corresponding relation and the corresponding relation established between light intensity and bending radius, and then it is light to establish water with light intensity change
Relation between changed power is simultaneously stored in computer 15, you can is detecting the current fiber end reflections of plastic optical fiber sensor 1
Current rainfall is calculated after the luminous power of light.
Specifically, the value for setting D/A modular converters 10 is a certain fixed value, make the luminous power of tunable laser 11 steady
Fixed, before single mode plastic optical fiber sensor 1 is not bent, the light that is exported by the 3rd interface of optical circulator 12 is reference light, photoelectricity
Detector 13 detects the now luminous power of reference light and is sent into computer 15 after being changed by A/D modular converters 14, and by plastics
1 unbent radius of fibre optical sensor record deposit computer 15.
Rainwater is gathered, and rainwater is poured into rainwater-collecting portion 8, rainwater is entered in casing 9 by scupper 7, records water,
And then raised with the rise optical fiber float 2 of rate of water added, cause the different degrees of bending of the optical fiber of plastic optical fiber sensor 1.Collection
After rainwater, the light exported by the 3rd interface of optical circulator 12 is to produce reflected light after bending, and photodetector 13 detects
The luminous power in this time simultaneously passes through feeding computer 15 after the conversion of A/D modular converters 14.The optical fiber of plastic optical fiber sensor 1 produces
Luminous power after bending every time is tested during different degrees of bending and is passed through after A/D modular converters 14 are changed and is sent into computer 15.
Computer 15 is according to the luminous power data of multiple test record, and the loss as caused by bending is with the change of differently curved radius
Relation, and the water data recorded during multiple test, the corresponding relation established between optical power change and water change.
After plastic optical fiber bending, always occur to become along the energy radiation in bending radius direction, original fiber waveguide
For tunnelling ray, refraction mould, so as to cause bending loss, bending loss can be divided into macrobending loss and microbending loss.Plastic optical fiber
Macrobending loss is mainly derived from space filtering, mold leakage and Mode Coupling caused by bending, wherein being made with Spatial Filtering Effect
Into loss based on.Due to numerous patterns be present in plastic optical fiber, therefore it is difficult to expressed with Uniform Formula micro-bend caused
Loss.Theory analysis shows, generally, micro-bend to make to produce coupling between neighboring modes, couples stronger, micro-bend damage
Consumption is also bigger and relevant with micro-bend shape.
Theoretical according to D.Marcuse, when bending radius is R, bending loss coefficient is as shown in following formula (1):
Wherein, u, W are respectively radially normalization phase constant and radially normalization attenuation constant, and β is axial propagation constant,
α is fiber core radius, and V is normalized frequency, kmIt is m rank modified Bessel functions.As can be seen that fibre-optical bending caused by loss according to
Rely in bending radius, fiber core radius and sandwich layer, cladding index.After plastic optical fiber determines, fiber core radius and sandwich layer, covering folding
Penetrate the parameters such as rate just to determine one by one, now loss is only relevant with bending radius caused by fibre-optical bending.
If use I0(α) represents the input optical power of plastic optical fiber, I∞(α) represents the output light work(of straight plastic optical fiber
Rate, α∞(α) represents the straight Transmission loss of plastic optical fiber, IRPlastic optical fiber is defeated when (α) expression bending curvature radius is R
Light power, αR(α) represents the straight Transmission loss of plastic optical fiber, then pure bending loss factor can lead to as caused by bending
Following formula (2) such as is crossed to draw:
Computer 15 obtains according to formula (1) and the relation of formula (2), and water data, the luminous power data recorded during test
Relation between optical power change and water change.After current luminous power is obtained, become according to optical power change and water
Relation between change, you can current rainfall is calculated.
As shown in figure 3, the embodiment of the present invention additionally provides a kind of rainfall measuring method, this method comprises the following steps:
Step 301:Rainwater is collected by rainwater-collecting portion and enters casing;
Step 302:In casing under the buoyancy of rainwater, optical fiber float floats upwards along slide bar, the light of fibre optical sensor
Fine end produces bending with the optical fiber float;
Step 303:The light intensity of the transmitting light of tunable laser, tunable laser hair are set by D/A modular converters
The light of injection enters optical circulator by the first interface of optical circulator, and enters institute via the second interface of the optical circulator
State fibre optical sensor;
Step 304:Most of light is reflected into described by the high reflectivity film of the fibre optical sensor optical fiber connector again
Optical circulator, and enter photodetector via the 3rd interface of the optical circulator;
Step 305:The photodetector detects the luminous power data of the interface of optical circulator the 3rd and will detection
Luminous power data send A/D modular converters to, by sending computer to after the A/D module processings;
Step 306:Current rainfall is calculated according to current luminous power data in computer.
Specifically, computer predefines the relation between optical power change and water change;The computer according to work as
Current rainfall is calculated in preceding luminous power data, including:The luminous power data that the A/D modular converters currently transmit are received,
And based on according to the relation between the optical power change and water change, current water change is obtained, and then obtain current rain
Amount.
Computer predefines the detailed process of relation between optical power change and water change as described above, no longer superfluous
State.
Wherein, methods described can also include:
Step 307:The buoyancy float downward of draining float in the casing in rainwater;Rainwater in the casing
During beyond scheduled volume, the rainwater in the casing is discharged, stopped by the draining float by the drain plug pull-up of the bottom half
Only rainfall measurement.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.