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LiquID Brochure & Datasheet
The LiquID is a unique system using advanced photonic technology to make continuous, broadly based evaluations of water quality in real-time. The level of signal integrity, repeatability and robustness available in the LiquID is unparalleled in the sensor industry. The LiquID is constructed of durable materials, is NEMA-4 rated and can operate in extreme environmental conditions. The maintenance requirement of this equipment is minimal and stand-alone operation for months at a time is common. These features make the LiquID the water quality utility of the future.
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Maintaining a secure water supply and providing early warning in case of a threat requires a fast, sensitive, automated, and reliable system for detecting a wide range of biogeochemical parameters. An effective early warning system must identify anomalies that do not represent the natural state. The process of determining abnormalities is called event detection.
Because water supplies are often a mixture of waters from numerous sources, successful event detection must involve rapid, real-time instrumentation capable of continuous, robust operation in real-world environments. Traditional multi-sensor and optical array instrumentation have inherent limitations when confronted with the complex analysis required for successful water detection. The LiquID system made by ZAPS Technologies, Inc. is the only early warning system that can apply a variety of analytical techniques; absorption, fluorescence and reflectance measurements -- all made with the same machine.
LiquID Self-Maintenance (Self Cleaning Processes)
Water-monitoring systems in general have an inherent problem in that they are vulnerable to corruption by biological growth (biofouling) and accumulation of debris on critical components when the system is left unattended for long periods of time. The design of the LiquID system minimizes interference by biofouling in a number of ways. First, there are no optical windows and only two optically active surfaces in the LiquID so there is less potential for signal degradation. Second, the two exposed optical components in the LiquID are confined to a single flow cell. Finally, four devices help maintain the flow cell and its optical components in pristine condition; a powerful UV lamp, 2 digitally-controlled entrance ports and a drain port.
These devices are used in an automated attack on growth and contamination in the cell that takes place on four levels and results in continuous, reliable operation in even the most biofouling-prone field applications.
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ADF Experiment Video
The video below demonstrates real-time monitoring of ADF concentrations using the LiquID .