Open AccessHyperion net: A distributed measurement system for monitoring background ionizing radiation
Author(s) -
Djordje Šaponjić,
Aleksandar Žigić,
Vojislav Arandjelović
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nuclear technology and radiation protection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1452-8185
pISSN - 1451-3994
DOI - 10.2298/ntrp0301042s
Subject(s) - fieldbus , the internet , computer science , ionizing radiation , transmitter , internet protocol , absorbed dose , radiation , real time computing , computer network , operating system , electrical engineering , control system , physics , engineering , optics , irradiation , channel (broadcasting) , nuclear physics
The distributed measurement system - HYPERION NET, based on the concept of FieldBus technology, has been developed, implemented, and tested as a pilot project, the first WEB enabled on-line networked ionizing radiation monitoring and measurement system. The Net has layered the structure, tree topology, and is based on the Internet infrastructure and TCP/IP communication protocol. The Net' s core element is an intelligent GM transmitter, based on GM tube, used for measuring the absorbed dose in air in the range of 0.087 to 720 μGy/h. The transmitter makes use of an advanced count rate measurement algorithm capable of suppressing the statistical fluctuations of the measured quantity, which significantly improves its measurement performance making it suitable for environmental radiation measurements