Smart Phone Turbidimeter, Fall 2012

Abstract:

An open-source, low-cost turbidity meter.

The high cost of equipment to monitor water quality often puts valuable health tools out of reach for many communities in developing countries. Our low-cost device measures the turbidity, or "cloudiness", of water due to suspended particles, and can detect potentially dangerous concentrations of dirt in water -- even when they are invisible to the human eye! Our device integrates with a remote data-acquisition system to enable record keeping and real-time observation of water quality in rivers, wells, and treatment plant

Floc Size and Count App - Spring 2016

Christian Rodriguez, Anthony Verghese, Deniz Yilmazer

Abstract:

Turbidity measurements provide the primary source of performance monitoring at many water treatment plants. However, turbidity readings of floc suspensions do not provide any insight into the performance of subsequent treatment processes. The Floc Size and Count App team’s aim is to create and easy-to-use personal computer application that could measure floc size distribution using a digital camera with appropriate magnification. The app will be written in LabVIEW. The aim for this semester is to develop coding expertise in the LabVIEW environment and start working on the app that will be used in the AguaClara labs and eventually in AguaClara drinking water treatment plants.

Floc App - Fall 2016

Christian Rodrigues, Anthony Verghese, Deniz Yilmazer

Abstract:

Turbidity measurements provide the primary source of performance monitoring at many water treatment plants. Turbidity provides an excellent way to measure overall plant performance, but it does not provide insight into why the water treatment plants are performing well or poorly. The floc size and count app team’s aim is to create and easy-to-use desktop application that would measure floc size distribution and potentially provide insight as to why a plant is performing well or not. The app will be written in LabVIEW and made available for easy use as a stand alone executable application. The aim for this semester is for the team members to finish the LabVIEW program, integrate the program with a camera system, and have other teams test the camera system and software. By the end of the semester, we hope to have a functional prototype than can be tested by other AguaClara Teams in their experiments.