Non-contact monitoring of fluid characteristics in wastewater transport systems

A system of determining a characteristic of a fluid in a wastewater transport channel, the system comprising:

• a first processing circuitry, the first processing circuitry being configured to:
• determine, by a fluid-level sensor and a first processing circuitry (PC), a distance between a radiation source and a surface of a fluid in the wastewater transport channel;
• tune a filter, on the radiation source, to a unique wavelength;
• direct, by the first PC, a radiation from the radiation source, in one or more spectral emission signature (SES) channels, toward the fluid in the transport channel, wherein each of the one or more SES channels has a channel transmitted frequency, and wherein the channel transmitted frequency has the unique wavelength;
• a second processing circuitry, the second processing circuitry being configured to:
• obtain, at least spectral emission signature (SES) data of the fluid, wherein the SES data comprises, for the one or more SES channels:
• data indicative of an intensity of radiation emitted by the fluid, in one or more channel emission frequency bands, wherein the radiation emitting by the fluid is emitted at least partially in response to an excitation of molecules of the fluid by a the directed radiation from the radiation source at a respective channel transmitted frequency;
• and
• utilize a machine learning model to determine, from the obtained SES data, data indicative of one or more characteristics of the fluid,
• wherein the machine learning model was trained in accordance with, at least, a plurality of training examples, wherein the plurality of the training examples includes:
• SES data of a fluid sample, and
• data indicative of the one or more characteristics of the fluid sample.

A computer program product comprising:

• a first non-transitory computer readable storage medium retaining program instructions, which, when read by a processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform a computerized method of determining a characteristic of a fluid in a wastewater transport channel, the method comprising:
• determining, by a fluid-level sensor and a first processing circuitry (PC), a distance between a radiation source and a surface of a fluid in the wastewater transport channel,
• tuning a filter, on the radiation source, to a unique wavelength;
• and
• directing, by the first PC, radiation, from the radiation source, in one or more spectral emission signature (SES) channels, toward the fluid in the transport channel, wherein each of the one or more SES channels has a channel transmitted frequency, and wherein the channel transmitted frequency has the unique wavelength;
• a second non-transitory computer readable storage medium retaining program instructions, which, when read by a processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform a computerized method of determining a characteristic of a fluid, the method comprising:
• obtaining, at least spectral emission signature (SES) data of the fluid, wherein the SES data comprises, for the one or more SES channels:
• data indicative of an intensity of radiation emitted by the fluid, in one or more channel emission frequency bands, wherein the radiation emitting by the fluid is emitted at least partially in response to excitation of molecules of the fluid by the directed radiation from the radiation source at a respective channel transmitted frequency, and
• utilizing a machine learning model to determine, from the obtained SES data, data indicative of one or more characteristics of the fluid,
• wherein the machine learning model was trained in accordance with, at least, a plurality of training examples, wherein the plurality of training examples includes:
• SES data of a fluid sample, and
• data indicative of the one or more characteristics of the fluid sample.

A system of monitoring characteristics of a fluid flow in a wastewater transport channel, the system comprising:

• a processing circuitry, the processing circuitry comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
• tune a filter, on a radiation sensor, to a unique wavelength;
• emit a radiation burst, via the radiation source, at a channel transmitted frequency toward the fluid flow, wherein the channel transmitted frequency has the unique wavelength;
• measure, from an operably connected radiation sensor, a sensing radiation emitted by the fluid flow, wherein an intensity of the sensing radiation emitted by the fluid, in one or more channel emission frequency bands, at least partially in response to excitation of molecules of the fluid by the emitted radiation burst of the channel transmitted frequency;
• detect a distance between the radiation sensor and a surface of the fluid flow via an operably connected ultrasonic transducer, wherein the operably connected ultrasonic transducer provides data indicative of the distance between the radiation sensor and the surface of the fluid flow;
• and
• normalize the data measured by the sensor, in accordance with the detected distance.

A method of monitoring characteristics of a fluid flow in a wastewater transport channel, the method comprising:

• tuning a filter, on a radiation sensor, to a unique wavelength;
• emitting a radiation burst, via a radiation source, of a channel transmitted frequency toward the fluid flow, wherein the channel transmitted frequency has a unique wavelength;
• measuring, by a processing circuitry, from an operably connected radiation sensor, a sensing radiation emitted by the fluid flow, wherein an intensity of the sensing radiation emitted by the fluid, in one or more channel emission frequency bands, at least partially in response to excitation of molecules of the fluid by the emitted radiation burst of the channel transmitted frequency;
• detecting, by the processing circuitry, from an operably connected ultrasonic transducer that is configured to provide data indicative of a distance between the radiation sensor and the surface of the fluid flow;
• and
• normalizing the data measured by the radiation, in accordance with the detected distance.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium retaining program instructions, which, when read by a processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform a computerized method of monitoring characteristics of a fluid flow in a wastewater transport channel, the method comprising:

• tuning a filter, on a radiation sensor, to a unique wavelength;
• emitting a radiation burst, via a radiation source, of a channel transmitted frequency toward the fluid flow, wherein the channel transmitted frequency has a unique wavelength;
• measuring, from an operably connected radiation sensor, a sensing radiation emitted by the fluid flow, wherein an intensity of the sensing radiation emitted by the fluid, in one or more channel emission frequency bands, at least partially in response to excitation of molecules of the fluid by the emitted radiation burst of the channel transmitted frequency;
• detecting, from an operably connected ultrasonic transducer that is configured to provide data indicative of a distance between the radiation sensor and the surface of the fluid flow;
• and
• normalizing the data measured by the radiation, in accordance with the detected distance.