Click here to sign up. Download Free PDF. John Cleary. A short summary of this paper. Download Download PDF. Translate PDF. Most aquatic organisms are adapted to a relatively range of pH 6.
Low pH can also allow toxic substances such as ammonia to become more available for uptake by aquatic plants and animals, greatly increasing their effective toxicity. This project focusses on developing and integrating food and drink industries, and pharmaceuticals.
Glass electrodes are the most widely used pH measurement system. A standard glass pH electrode system consists of a pH sensitive glass measurement electrode and a pH measures the acidity or basicity of water. Most aquatic animals are adapted to a reference electrode in a potassium chloride KCl gel conducting buffer solution. The range of 6. Low pH can also allow toxic substances such electrodes are usually housed in a combination electrode which is connected to an as ammonia to become more available for uptake by aquatic plants and animals, greatly electronic meter with a signal amplifier and temperature compensation.
The meter increasing their effective toxicity. The wastewaters as well as in monitoring of drinking water, of surface waters such as rivers reference electrode has a stable potential which is independent of the measuring solution and lakes, and in many industrial processes. The autonomous analyser platform which has been previously developed and field-tested Properly maintained and operated, they provide accurate and precise results.
Accurate pH measurement therefore requires either a periodic recalibration procedure or sensor replacement, creating a In this project pH is measured using a combination of pH indicators, optimised to give a significant challenge to long term monitoring applications.
Other potential disadvantages colorimetric response over the pH range 4. Dual LEDs and a photodiode are used to measure light absorbance at noise, and low signal-to-noise ratio. While glass electrodes are relatively inexpensive, appropriate wavelengths and nm. The responses of the two pH indicators are servicing, calibration and validation requirements may compromise accuracy as well as complementary, allowing a colorimetric response to be obtained over the pH range of increase the cost of operation Sensorin, The glass electrode, in various instrument formats, predominates in water pH monitoring Keywords: Microfluidics, water quality, environmental monitoring, pH applications.
Laboratory pH meters which are used for analysis of manual samples represent the current benchmark for pH measurement; however these are relatively expensive and require careful calibration. This form of monitoring is also dependent on the establishment and implementation of correct procedures for sample collection, transport, storage and analysis, deviation from which can introduce significant error to the measurement.
The manpower requirements for manual sample collection also involve significant cost and limit the frequency and geographic density of monitoring which is practicable. The same costs apply to in situ monitoring using portable pH meters, while online and in situ pH probes are subject to inaccuracies due to instrument drift and fouling, as mentioned above.
Our solution is based on colorimetric sensing using pH indicators in a microfluidic manifold. This work is a further development of the autonomous analyser platform which has been previously developed and field-tested for phosphate monitoring applications Cleary et al, ; utilises a combination of microfluidic technology; colorimetric reagent chemistry; low cost optical sensing based on LED light emitting diode and photodiode- based detectors, and wireless communications.
The pH analyser which has been developed uses a combination of colorimetric pH indicators, optimised to give a response over the pH range 4. Dual LEDs and a photodiode are used to measure light absorbance at appropriate wavelengths and nm. The responses of the two pH indicators are complementary, allowing a colorimetric response to be obtained over the pH range of interest. My colleagues and I have used two different brands of competitive equipment, but now have switched exclusively to Microfluidics.
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