| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to an apparatus and process for determining the organic, inorganic, and total carbon content of water for use in water treatment and purification systems, and having special application in monitoring recycled water in a controlled human living environment, such as aboard a space station. The apparatus includes a first conversion device for sequentially converting all of the inorganic carbon in a water sample into carbon dioxide, and a second conversion device for converting all of the organic carbon in water sample into carbon dioxide; and first and second carbon dioxide detectors (38, 54) for determining the carbon dioxide content of such water sample at locations downstream of the first and second conversion devices (48, 52), respectively; where a conversion device can oxidize carbon products by ultraviolet light irradiation of water or by addition of oxidizing agents into water sample.
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