Abstract:
A device for automatic determination of suspended solids content in water comprises an automatic sample liquid collection unit, an automatic specimen preparation unit, an automatic filter paper feeding unit, an automatic filter paper transfer unit, an automatic suspended solids filtration unit, an automatic drying unit, an automatic weighing and display unit and an automatic process control unit. A sample liquid automatically collected is prepared automatically to produce a test specimen. The specimen is filtered through a sheet of filter paper supplied by the automatic filter paper feeding unit. The filter paper on which the suspended solids of the specimen are deposited in consequence of the filtration is dried by the automatic drying unit and thereafter weighed. The weight thus taken is automatically converted into a corresponding electrical quantity and forwarded to an arithmetic circuit, in which the suspended solids content of the given liquid is calculated and recorded.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To make quick speed and accuray compatible and to make it possible to measure BOD by a simple method by adding sulfite into suspension in activated sludge, and quickly decreasing the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the suspension. CONSTITUTION:The suspension of activated sludge which is well accelimatized to organic material in test water is agitated at a constant speed in a measuring container. The concentration of the dissolved oxygen in the suspension is continuously measured. In order to accelerate the decrease in concentration of the dissolved oxygen to the vicinity of 0 ppm by internal breathing, a solution of a specified amount of cobalt salt and a specified amount of sulfite is added, and the dissolved oxygen is quickly (within 10 minutes) consumed. The concentration of the dissolved oxygen is brought to the vicinity of 0 ppm under the state wherein the excessive sulfite is not present. Then the specified amount of the test water is added, and the solution undergoes aeration under the constant conditions. The required time for biochemical oxidation from the starting time of aeration to the rapid increasing point of the concentration of the dissolved oxygen is automatically measured. Then the BOD concentration can be obtained based on the relationship between the preset BOD quantity and the required time for the biochemical oxidation.