Paper Info
Title
Some Hardware and Instrumentation Aspects of the Development of an Automation System for Jar Tests in Drinking Water Treatment.
Abstract
The so-called Jar Test (JT) plays a vital role in the drinking water and wastewater treatments for establishing the dosage of flocculants and coagulant. This test is a well-proved laboratory instrumental procedure performed by trained personnel. In this work, a completely novel system for the automation and monitoring of a JT devoted to drinking water treatment is presented. It has been implemented using an industrial programmable controller and sensors and instruments specifically selected for this purpose. Once the parameters of the test have been entered, the stages that compose the JT (stirring, coagulant addition, etc.) are sequentially performed without human intervention. Moreover, all the involved measurements from sensors are collected and made accessible for continuous monitoring of the process. By means of the proposed system, the JT procedure is conducted fully automatically and can be locally and remotely monitored in real-time. Furthermore, the developed system constitutes a portable laboratory that offers advantageous features like scalability and transportability. The proposed system is described focusing on hardware and instrumentation aspects, and successful results are reported.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.3390/s17102305
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
jar test,automation,monitoring,instrumentation,water treatment
Water treatment,Process automation system,Automation,Continuous monitoring,Programmable logic controller,Engineering,Instrumentation aspects,Computer hardware,Instrumentation,Scalability,Embedded system
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
17
10.0
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
14
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Antonio José Calderón161.89
Isaías González261.55