Continuous monitoring of water quality
US4723511A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 1985 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/186
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A supply of water is continuously monitored to ensure purtiy by dividing the supply into a number of parallel streams and flowing each through a fish tank containing a fish (or other aquatic animal), the health of each fish being monitored by electrodes in each respective tank. The fish tanks are located together in a main tank and the water supply is drawn from a header tank via pipework, the tank being fed from supply. The apparatus includes an electronic system to monitor the activity of the fish.
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