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user-27d2e on Feb 19, 2008
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Importance of Getting the Detailed Data
The MicroTOL Turbidimeter manufactured by HF Scientific is used to monitor the influent and effluent turbidities of the laboratory flocculator setup. In the current experimental setup, we are obtaining data from each turbidimeter in increments of 1 second using Process Controller.
The MicroTOL Turbidimeter is outputing a light sensor, that is then translated into an electrical analog data set that can be read by the computer to output a NTU reading. The frequency of the analog data is a lot faster than 1s, and is averaging the data to give the user a reading every second.
For our experiment, we are trying to find the smallest changes in turbidity over the smallest amount of time. By looking at this "raw" analog data, we might be able to draw better conclusions about particle size and sedimentation than the analyses with the averaged data. We are currently in contact with HF Scientific to determine how to obtain this analog data.