EP0529050A1 - Dispositif pour la determination des criteres de qualite d'une biomasse - Google Patents

Dispositif pour la determination des criteres de qualite d'une biomasse

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EP0529050A1
EP0529050A1 EP19920907507 EP92907507A EP0529050A1 EP 0529050 A1 EP0529050 A1 EP 0529050A1 EP 19920907507 EP19920907507 EP 19920907507 EP 92907507 A EP92907507 A EP 92907507A EP 0529050 A1 EP0529050 A1 EP 0529050A1
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biomass
electrode
electrodes
quality criteria
evaluation circuit
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Peter W. SCHÜTZ
Werner Winkler
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TRAPPL Helmut
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N33/00—Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00
    • G01N33/48—Biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers
    • G01N33/483—Physical analysis of biological material
    • G01N33/487—Physical analysis of biological material of liquid biological material
    • G01N33/48707—Physical analysis of biological material of liquid biological material by electrical means
    • G01N33/48735—Investigating suspensions of cells, e.g. measuring microbe concentration

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  • the invention relates to a device for determining quality criteria of a biomass.
  • the automated storage, drying and processing of biomass requires an unproblematic measuring system for determining quality criteria, such as moisture, concentration of various ingredients and ongoing microbiological conversions.
  • the aim of the invention is to avoid these disadvantages and to propose a device of the type mentioned at the outset, which makes it possible to easily add the average value of the quality criteria to the entirety of the biomass located in a container or in a limited space determine.
  • an electrode arrangement between the electrodes of which the biomass to be tested is arranged, is provided, which electrodes are connected to an alternating voltage source supplying signals with a variable frequency and are connected to an evaluation circuit, one of which also Sequence control controlling the AC voltage source has controlled evaluation circuit which assigns experimentally determined quality criteria to corresponding values.
  • the relevant quality criteria of biomass such as moisture, chemical change, concentration of certain substances, etc. influence the electrical conductivity of the biomass in a broad spectrum of the measuring frequency.
  • These electrical properties of the biomass which change with the change in the quality criteria of the biomass, can be detected and implemented in a simple manner with the device according to the invention. be evaluated. It is only necessary to first determine the corresponding evaluation tables by means of measurements and to register them in the evaluation circuits.
  • the proposed measures make it possible to apply signals with a changing frequency to the entire biomass and to record the influence of these signals by the biomass.
  • the evaluation circuit for measuring two different parameters of the signals picked up by the electrodes e.g. the magnitude of the impedance and the phase rotation of the signal, preferably with an evaluation circuit connected downstream of each measuring circuit, and these evaluation circuits are assigned averaging devices which are connected to a display circuit.
  • an evaluation circuit to be connected downstream of each measuring circuit and for these evaluation circuits to be associated with averaging devices which are connected to a display circuit.
  • the electrode arrangement is formed by an essentially cylindrical jacket-shaped electrode and a central electrode arranged within the same.
  • an electrode is formed by an electrically conductive coating on the jacket of a biomass container, which results in a very simple construction.
  • one electrode is formed by an electrically conductive coating of a biomass container and the other by an electrically conductive coating in the area of the bottom or the top of the biomass container.
  • At least one electrode is divided into a plurality of sections which are insulated from one another and can be controlled via a multiplexer and, if appropriate, a buffer amplifier.
  • an electrode arrangement consisting of at least one electrode and at least one counter electrode and shielding electrodes is, if appropriate, slidably arranged in a container holding a biomass.
  • FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of the control of the electrode arrangement
  • FIGS. 12a and 12b diagrams of different sugar solutions
  • 14a and 14b are diagrams showing the course of fermentation of grape must, the diagrams provided with the index a the change of the signals in relation to their amplitude and the diagrams provided with the index b the change of the signals in relation point to their phase rotation as a function of the frequency of the signal and
  • 15 is a graphical representation of a drying process of hay.
  • two essentially cylindrical electrodes 15, 16 are provided, between which the biomass 17 is introduced. These electrodes 15, 16 are connected to a control.
  • This embodiment is particularly suitable for monitoring biomass stored in a silo, the walls of the silo being able to be covered or covered with an electrically conductive coating or a film which forms the electrode 16.
  • the embodiment according to FIG. 2 differs from that according to FIG. 1 in that the two electrodes 15, 16 have an irregularly shaped cross-sectional shape.
  • the electrodes 15, 16 can e.g. be formed by electrically conductive foils, one of which is inserted into a cluster of the biomass 17 to be examined and the other envelops it. With such an arrangement, e.g. a bundle of hay or straw, the moisture content of which is checked.
  • the electrode 15 is dome-shaped, the second electrode 16 is arranged on the floor 21 in the center of the space enclosed by the electrode 15.
  • an electrode 22 enclosing a space is provided, the electrode 23 arranged in the interior of this space being subdivided into a plurality of partial electrodes 23a to 23d arranged along the axis of the space delimited by the electrode 2.
  • These partial electrodes 23a to 23d are connected to the outputs of a multiplexer 24 which is connected on the input side to the control.
  • a buffer amplifier 25 is also provided.
  • the buffer amplifier 25 whose gain factor should be as one as possible, prevents field distortions in the edge region of the measuring electrode.
  • the buffer amplifier 25 is used to apply the potential of the active measuring electrode to the other, but not active, electrodes which are assigned to other measuring areas.
  • the inactive measuring electrodes act as shielding and prevent field distortions, the measuring signal of the active arrangement being unaffected.
  • FIG. 5 A similar electrode arrangement is shown in FIG. 5. However, the subdivisions of the electrode 23 run in the axial direction, so that the biomass located between the electrodes 22, 23 can be monitored sector by sector with regard to certain quality criteria, the sectors being different Extend over the entire length of the electrode arrangement.
  • FIG. 6 schematically shows an electrode arrangement in which a cylindrical electrode 23 is divided into three partial electrodes 23a, 23b and 23c in the axial direction.
  • the individual partial electrodes 23a, 23b, 23c can also be subdivided in the circumferential direction, so that individual sectors can be examined in layers.
  • FIG. 7 shows an arrangement similar to FIG. 6, but with the center electrode in partial electrodes 23a, 23b, 23c is divided in the axial direction, the partial electrodes 23b and 23c being connected as shield electrodes.
  • the shield electrodes 23b and 23c are also connected to the buffer amplifier 25.
  • the entire electrode arrangement 23a, 23b, 23c can be displaced along the central guide rod 27.
  • a sequence controller 1 is connected to an AC voltage generator 2, which supplies a preferably sinusoidal signal with a variable frequency, the frequency preferably fluctuating between 10 Hz and 10 MHz, or this range being continuously traversed.
  • An impedance measuring device 3 is connected to this alternating voltage generator 2, to which the electrode arrangement 22, 23 or 15, 16 is connected.
  • the impedance measuring device 3 has two measuring circuits, one of which detects the amount of the impedance of the biomass located between the electrodes 15, 16 and 22, 23 and the other detects the phase shift caused by this impedance.
  • evaluation circuits 5 X , 5 S , 5 3 are connected, which are further connected to the sequence controller 1. These evaluation circuits convert the measurement signals into signals corresponding to the quality criterion to be examined, the conversion being carried out according to empirically determined values which were determined with the aid of conventional point measurements.
  • FIGS. 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b, 14a there is a frequency-specific shift of peak values. If the position of a peak value of defined amplitude is to be determined in relation to frequency and an output signal proportional to it is to be generated, the signals outside this zone are evaluated with 0. Within this zone, the values are rated linearly from 0 to 1. The output signal of the evaluation circuit is then proportional to the area under the peak of the measurement signal and proportional to the frequency position, the mean value generator acting as an integrator over the frequency.
  • the outputs of the peak value formers 7, 8 and of the mean value formers 6 are connected to evaluating summers 9a, 9b.
  • measurement curves can be examined according to various, application-specific criteria.
  • Slumps in curves are evaluated and filtered out using the negative peak value generator 8.
  • the summer 9b is also connected to a comparator 12, the second input of which is connected to a reference value generator 10 which defines the measuring range limits, the comparator preventing the switching to a display 13b if the measuring range is exceeded, which is an indication of incorrect measurements .
  • the output signal of the summer 9b passes via the comparator 12 to an output stage 11b and to the display 13b and to an interface 14.
  • the output signal of the summer 9a is connected to an output stage 11a, which is connected to a display 13a and the interface 14.
  • 9 shows an example of a peak value generator.
  • This essentially consists of a sample and hold circuit 30. This is supplied with a signal via a switch 31 controlled by the sequence control 1, the sequence control also being used to reset the sample and hold circuit 30 via the OR gate 32 worries.
  • a comparator 33 is also provided, in the case of the positive peak value generator shown if the incoming signal exceeds the stored value, the signal is stored in the sample and hold circuit 30. In the case of the negative peak value generator, the connections of the comparator 33 are simply exchanged.
  • the 10 has an operational amplifier 40, which is fed back via a capacitor 41 and forms an integrator.
  • This capacitor 41 can be bridged via a switch 42 controlled by the sequence controller for the purpose of resetting the integrator.
  • the signal to be averaged reaches the operational amplifier 40 via a switch 43 controlled by the sequence controller and a resistor 44.
  • FIG. 11 shows an evaluation circuit.
  • This essentially consists of an EPROM 50 controlled by the sequential control system and a multiplier 51.
  • An evaluation table is written into the EPROM, which assigns the individual measured values a corresponding value of the quality criterion to be examined.
  • the multiplier 51 is a multiplying digital-to-analog converter. The effect of this is that the analog output voltage is proportional to a likewise analog reference signal or the input voltage multiplied by a weighting information or evaluation information.
  • the weighting can e.g. according to a digital value, e.g. from 0 to 1 in 4048 steps with a 12-bit information structure.
  • the raw data supplied by the measurement signals which are taken from the electrodes can be processed in a very flexible manner, which can be done according to very different criteria. It is only necessary that a reference curve for the given application is first determined empirically in order to serve as the basis for the evaluation of the measurement signals. This can be the course of drying, for example about feed, quality characteristics of a biomass, concentrations of certain solutions, etc. These reference curves, for example the phase profile of the signal during the drying of animal feed, are then either stored in a RAM or EPROM and serve as comparison values when evaluating current measurement curves.
  • the advantage here is that the device can be adapted to the respective requirements without hardware modification.
  • FIG. 12b likewise shows the course of different sugar concentrations of sugar solutions, however, as a function of the phase shift on the frequency of the signal, whereby pronounced maxima and minima can be seen.
  • 13a and 13b show diagrams of the acid concentration of apple cider vinegar as a function of the amplitude or the phase rotation from the frequency of the signal.
  • FIGS. 14a and 14b show the relationships of amplitude or phase rotation and signal frequency of a fermenting grape must, recorded at different times.
  • phase shift undergoes significant changes with increasing drying time over a wide range of the frequency, so that clear statements can be made about the degree of drying.

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Abstract

Dispositif pour la détermination des critères de qualité d'une biomasse. Afin de pouvoir mesurer d'une manière simple une valeur moyenne de ces critères de qualité d'une qualité quelconque de biomasse, il est prévu un agencement d'électrodes, électrodes (15, 16, 22, 23) entre lesquelles est disposée la biomasse à examiner, lesdites électrodes (15, 16, 22, 23) étant branchées à une source de tension alternative (2) fournissant des signaux à fréquence variable, et reliées à un circuit d'analyse lequel présente un circuit de pondération (51, 52, 53) commandé par une commande séquentielle (1) commandant également la source de tension alternative, lequel attribue aux valeurs mesurées les valeurs déterminées experimentalement et correspondant aux critères de qualité.
EP19920907507 1991-03-15 1992-03-16 Dispositif pour la determination des criteres de qualite d'une biomasse Withdrawn EP0529050A1 (fr)

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