Online PH measurement technique in seawater desalination

Haibo Wang; Kaihua Wu; Shaopeng Hu

doi:10.1117/12.838121

23 November 2009 Online PH measurement technique in seawater desalination

Haibo Wang, Kaihua Wu, Shaopeng Hu

Proceedings Volume 7508, 2009 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Advanced Sensor Technologies and Applications; 75080F (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.838121
Event: International Conference on Optical Instrumentation and Technology, 2009, Shanghai, China

Abstract

The measurement technology of pH is essential in seawater desalination. Glass electrode is the main pH sensor in seawater desalination. Because the internal impedance of glass electrode is high and the signal of pH sensor is easy to be disturbed, a signal processing circuit with high input impedance was designed. Because of high salinity of seawater and the characteristic of glass electrode, ultrasonic cleaning technology was used to online clean pH sensor. Temperature compensation was also designed to reduce the measurement error caused by variety of environment temperature. Additionally, the potential drift of pH sensor was analyzed and an automatic calibration method was proposed. In order to online monitor the variety of pH in seawater desalination, three operating modes were designed. The three modes are online monitoring mode, ultrasonic cleaning mode and auto-calibration mode. The current pH in seawater desalination was measured and displayed in online monitoring mode. The cleaning process of pH sensor was done in ultrasonic cleaning mode. The calibration of pH sensor was finished in auto-calibration mode. The result of experiments showed that the measurement technology of pH could meet the technical requirements for desalination. The glass electrode could be promptly and online cleaned and its service life was lengthened greatly.

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Haibo Wang, Kaihua Wu, and Shaopeng Hu "Online PH measurement technique in seawater desalination", Proc. SPIE 7508, 2009 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Advanced Sensor Technologies and Applications, 75080F (23 November 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.838121

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