dc.contributor.advisor	Stuetz, Richard	en_UK
dc.contributor.author	Hogben, Peter James	en_UK
dc.date.accessioned	2005-11-23T14:36:55Z
dc.date.available	2005-11-23T14:36:55Z
dc.date.issued	2003-10	en_UK
dc.description.abstract	Monitoring for pollutants in potable water is an area of interest and concern for water supply companies. Supply of sub-standard water can draw complaints from public and industrial customers. Water and water tainted with pollutants were used to assess the application of a non-specific chemical sensor array (eNose) to monitor for changes in the headspace generated from a flow-cell by means of statistically designed experiments. 2-chlorophenol and diesel were used to further assess trends in headspace generation during trials where different combinations of sampling parameters were applied. Field trials were conducted in accordance with the most suitable methodology determined during initial studies under laboratory conditions. The headspace is generated by bubbling nitrogen through the flow-cell containing a water sample. The liquid sample is flushed and regenerated after each sensor acquisition cycle. The resultant headspace sample is transferred to the sensor array module where the resistance of the conducting polymer sensors is monitored as they are exposed to each respective headspace sample. The change in each sensor resistance after 60 seconds of exposure is used to represent the headspace character. Subsequent acquisitions are added to a data set and then presented graphically. Sudden changes in the sensor resistance plots represent changes in water quality. The results showed that the developed apparatus and sampling methodology can determine the presence or absence of pollution in a water matrix. Laboratory analysis showed that detection levels for 2-chlorophenol and diesel were both <5 ppm in the mixed stream. Future developments should focus on increasing the sensitivity of the system by concentrating the pollutants in either the liquid or gas phase or by modifying the sampling protocol to enable sensor recognition at lower concentration levels. The sensor array could act as a screening technique to support quantitative and characterising analytical equipment at the abstraction point. Establishing a pollution alarm limit, within the bounds of acceptable system variation, would enable conventional analytical techniques to remain on standby until activated by a statistically significant change in water quality. Once established continued testing would enable alarm levels to be incorporated into a contaminant database for additional pollutant compounds and combinations of known taste and odour causing compounds.	en_UK
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1826/121
dc.language.iso	en_UK	en_UK
dc.publisher	Cranfield University	en_UK
dc.publisher.department	School of Industrial and Manufacturing Sciences; School of Water Sciences
dc.subject.other	Water pollutants	en_UK
dc.subject.other	eNose	en_UK
dc.subject.other	Headspace	en_UK
dc.subject.other	2-chlorophenol	en_UK
dc.subject.other	Diesel	en_UK
dc.title	Inlet monitoring of a potable water supply using a sensor array	en_UK
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dc.type.qualificationlevel	Doctoral
dc.type.qualificationname	PhD

Inlet monitoring of a potable water supply using a sensor array

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