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S&M2119 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2020.2463 Published: February 10, 2020 Development of Salt-sensing System for Jellyfish Desalting Process [PDF] Samak Rakmae, Pitikhate Sooraksa, and Pimpen Pornchaloempong (Received June 6, 2019; Accepted December 27, 2019) Keywords: salinity measurement, desalting, seafood process, salt sensor, jellyfish
In the seafood industry, a large amount of salt is added to preserve seafood products. During processing, it is necessary to desalt the products for the sake of customers’ health. Unlike a large-scale factory, many small enterprises lack tools and methods for desalting and measuring the efficiency of the desalting process. We have developed a rapid prototype salt-sensing system that can measure the desalting efficiency. Dried salted jellyfish are used as testing materials to evaluate the system. The rapid prototype comprises a microcontroller, a wire, and a liquid crystal display. Using a simple mapping between electrical conductivity and actual data obtained from the measurement of samples, the sensing system is successfully calibrated. A method of desalting the salted jellyfish material is also proposed. This desalting method and the newly developed simple sensing system for the desalting process are expected to make a significant contribution to the seafood processing industry.
Corresponding author: Samak RakmaeThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Samak Rakmae, Pitikhate Sooraksa, and Pimpen Pornchaloempong, Development of Salt-sensing System for Jellyfish Desalting Process, Sens. Mater., Vol. 32, No. 2, 2020, p. 521-530. |