Title :
A fully automated environmental detection instrument
Author_Institution :
Klohn Leonoff Ltd., Richmond, BC, Canada
Abstract :
A fully automated environmental detection instrument based on a state-of-the-art technique, sequential injection analysis (SIA), which is operated by sophisticated electronics and computer software, is described in this paper. It is designed to be a user-friendly instrument and to have a variety of applications through the use of different software packages and the addition of modular components. The key modular component to perform highly sensitive detection of toxic chemical elements is a digital and computer-interfaceable spectrophotometer. Successful development of this instrument has shown that an advanced environmental protection and detection instrument must be supported by microprocessor-based electronics and sophisticated computer software
Keywords :
chemical sensors; computerised instrumentation; environmental science computing; spectrochemical analysis; spectrophotometers; automated environmental detection instrument; computer-interfaceable spectrophotometer; digital spectrophotometer; environmental protection; microprocessor-based electronics; modular components; sequential injection analysis; software packages; toxic chemical elements; user-friendly instrument; Automatic control; Chemical analysis; Chemical technology; Instruments; Microprocessors; Pistons; Software; Solenoids; Toxic chemicals; Valves;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1993. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2416-1
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.1993.332265
