Suspended solids measurement of wastewater
AssigneeHach Company
InventorRobert Francis Dabkowski
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and a system for measuring suspended solids in wastewater, including: introducing an aqueous sample into a measurement system, comprising at least one length of tubing; pumping, using a pump, the aqueous sample through the at least one length of tubing; and measuring, using at least one optical sensor, a quantity of suspended solids in the aqueous sample wherein at least one optical sensor is coupled to the length of tubing in a position to measure the quantity of suspended solids while the aqueous sample is located in the at least one length of tubing.
Claims20
A method for measuring suspended solids in wastewater, comprising:
- introducing an aqueous sample into a measurement system, comprising at least one length of tubing;
- pumping, using a pump, the aqueous sample through the at least one length of tubing;
- measuring, using at least one optical sensor, a quantity of suspended solids in the aqueous sample, wherein at least one optical sensor is coupled to the length of tubing in a position to measure the quantity of suspended solids while the aqueous sample is located in the at least one length of tubing;
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- injecting, using another pump, a defoamer into the aqueous sample before the pumping, wherein an amount of the defoamer is based upon the measuring.
A system for measuring suspended solids in wastewater, comprising:
- at least one optical sensor;
- at least one length of tubing;
- at least one pump;
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- introduce an aqueous sample into a measurement device comprising at least one length of tubing,
- pump, using the at least one pump, the aqueous sample through the at least one length of tubing;
- measure, using the at least one optical sensor, a quantity of suspended solids in the aqueous sample, wherein the at least one optical sensor is coupled to the length of tubing in a position to measure the quantity of suspended solids while the aqueous sample is located in the at least one length of tubing;
- and
- inject, using another pump, a defoamer into the aqueous sample before the pumping, wherein an amount of the defoamer is based upon the measuring.
A product for measuring suspended solids in wastewater, comprising:
- a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by the processor and comprising:
- code that introduces an aqueous sample into a measurement device comprising at least one length of tubing,
- code that pumps, using at least one pump, the aqueous sample through the at least one length of tubing;
- code that measures, using at least one optical sensor, a quantity of suspended solids in the aqueous sample, wherein at least one optical sensor is coupled to the length of tubing in a position to measure the quantity of suspended solids while the aqueous sample is located in the at least one length of tubing;
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- code that injects, using another pump, a defoamer into the aqueous sample before the pumping, wherein an amount of the defoamer is based upon the measuring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.