Patent ID: 11906426
Assignee: HACH COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  C | IPC C  G

Claim 19:
20. A product for measuring suspended solids in wastewater, comprising:
a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by the processor and comprising:
code that introduces an aqueous sample into a measurement device comprising at least one length of tubing,
code that pumps, using at least one pump, the aqueous sample through the at least one length of tubing;
code that measures, using at least one optical sensor, a quantity of suspended solids in the aqueous sample, wherein at least one optical sensor is coupled to the length of tubing in a position to measure the quantity of suspended solids while the aqueous sample is located in the at least one length of tubing; and
code that injects, using another pump, a defoamer into the aqueous sample before the pumping, wherein an amount of the defoamer is based upon the measuring.