UltraBrix: A Device for Measuring the Soluble Solids Content in Sugarcane

Human interference in production systems becomes feasible through the use of specific devices that, among other functions, allow monitoring, control and optimization processes. One drawbacks encountered sugar ethanol industry is lack instruments for measurement °Brix concentration sugarcane that are low-cost non-destructive. The monitoring cane necessary to identify appropriate time harvesting order reach peak sucrose content cane, obtaining maximum yield from a given crop. Based on several available current market involve non-destructive technologies physical-chemical properties food, this paper proposes new meter measure sugarcane. device uses continuous wave technique consisting two piezoelectric transducers (signal transmitter receiver), pulse generator, an instrumentation amplifier with bandpass filter amplitude meter. developed measuring instrument represents promising alternative alcohol industry.