An Affordable Open-Source Turbidimeter

نویسندگان

  • Christopher D. Kelley
  • Alexander Krolick
  • Logan Brunner
  • Alison Burklund
  • Daniel Kahn
  • William P. Ball
  • Monroe Weber-Shirk
چکیده

Turbidity is an internationally recognized criterion for assessing drinking water quality, because the colloidal particles in turbid water may harbor pathogens, chemically reduce oxidizing disinfectants, and hinder attempts to disinfect water with ultraviolet radiation. A turbidimeter is an electronic/optical instrument that assesses turbidity by measuring the scattering of light passing through a water sample containing such colloidal particles. Commercial turbidimeters cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, putting them beyond the reach of low-resource communities around the world. An affordable open-source turbidimeter based on a single light-to-frequency sensor was designed and constructed, and evaluated against a portable commercial turbidimeter. The final product, which builds on extensive published research, is intended to catalyze further developments in affordable water and sanitation monitoring.

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عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014