Real-time seafood quality monitoring system using interdigital sensor

Many studies showed that seafood consumption contains many health benefits. However, the spoilage of such products causes the vast economic loss each year. An effective monitoring and inspection system for quality is required during the storage of these products. Most existing methods for such inspection require laboratory tests. In this study, the interdigital sensor was developed and applied to inspect the spoilage of seafood. The sensor was designed to monitor the change of impedance during spoilage progression of seafood. The result revealed that impedance of liquid decreased overtime. This coincides with the fact that spoilage of seafood generates ammonium ion which causes decrease in the impedance of the liquid. The designed sensor was then merged with the proposed system which consists of a sine wave circuit, a voltage control current source circuit, an interdigital sensor, an amplifier circuit, a rectifier circuit, a low-pass filter circuit, a comparator circuit and a display circuit. These circuits adjusted the signals received from the sensor to be proper to the application. The experiment was designed to have conditions similar to the real-world situation of how seafood is stored. The experimental results showed that the proposed system effectively indicated the change of seafood quality.