Mobile Water Quality Monitoring System for Continuous Particle Sampling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current water quality monitoring systems in drinking water distribution networks are limited by their inability to provide continuous, automatic, and online monitoring capabilities, especially in terms of particle sampling, which hinders real-time data collection and effective water treatment assessment.
Innovation Solution
A mobile system equipped with a trailer that can be connected to a vehicle, featuring a power supply, sensors for monitoring temperature, flow rate, pressure, and conductivity, and automatic valves for continuous sampling and filtration, allowing for 24-hour operation and flexible deployment to various locations, with data logging and analysis capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional fixed water quality monitoring systems are used, then continuous monitoring capability is provided, but mobility and flexibility to deploy at various locations is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system is designed as a mobile unit that can be dynamically relocated to different positions within the water distribution network. The system transitions from static fixed installations to a dynamic mobile platform equipped with sensors, sampling devices, and power supplies that can be deployed at various locations including remote areas, enabling both continuous monitoring and spatial flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile monitoring system integrates multiple functions including water quality parameter measurement (pH, conductivity, temperature, turbidity), particle sampling, data logging, and wireless communication into a single unified platform. This multi-functional design allows the system to perform various monitoring tasks at different locations without requiring separate fixed installations for each function
2Device complexity
If manual sampling methods are used, then equipment complexity is reduced, but sampling frequency and data completeness are insufficient for continuous monitoring
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile monitoring system is equipped with automated sampling mechanisms that operate independently without requiring manual intervention. The system automatically performs water quality measurements, collects particle samples at predetermined intervals, stores data in onboard memory, and transmits results wirelessly, enabling high-frequency continuous monitoring while maintaining relatively simple equipment architecture
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous automated sampling and monitoring operations rather than intermittent manual sampling. Sensors continuously measure water quality parameters, and the sampling mechanism operates at regular intervals to collect particles, ensuring complete temporal coverage and high data completeness without increasing overall system complexity
3Reliability
If fixed monitoring stations are installed at multiple locations, then comprehensive coverage is achieved, but deployment cost and logistical requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of installing multiple fixed monitoring stations throughout the water distribution network, the system uses a single mobile monitoring unit that can be sequentially deployed to different locations. This segmentation of the monitoring function into a relocatable platform reduces the total number of permanent installations required, lowering deployment costs and logistical requirements while maintaining comprehensive spatial coverage over time
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables continuous, automatic, and online monitoring of water quality and particle sampling across multiple locations, facilitating real-time data collection and analysis, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of water treatment processes and allowing for immediate detection of changes in water quality.
Implementation Method 1
means for monitoring the temperature of the influent fluid sample stream and generating a corresponding temperature signal
Implementation Method 2
means for monitoring the conductivity of the water sample stream
Implementation Method 3
means for monitoring the pressure of the influent fluid sample stream and generating a corresponding pressure signal
Implementation Method 4
means for monitoring the flow rate of the influent fluid sample stream and generating a corresponding flow rate signal
Implementation Method 5
means for guiding the water sample stream via a filter to a bottle for collecting a water sample
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a mobile system for continuous, automatic, online monitoring of water quality and particle sampling in a drinking water distribution network, comprising: a mobile unit provided with means for supplying, from at least a selected one of the plurality of points in the drinking water distribution network, a corresponding, selected influent fluid sample stream; means for discharging a corresponding, selected effluent fluid sample stream; for each selected influent fluid sample stream, a respectively associated continuous monitor module.