Methods and systems for analyzing a liquid medium

摘要

Methods and systems for colorimetrically analyzing a liquid medium by analyzing chemical test strip images are provided. The liquid medium can be industrial water in an industrial water system. Image analyzing software carries out the analysis. The results of the analysis can be used to diagnosing a chemical treatment regimen of the industrial water system. A chemical test strip holder can be used to enhance reliability and repeatability of the imaging process and/or subsequent analysis.

主权项

1. A method of colorimetrically determining a concentration of at least one chemical species in industrial water, the method comprising:
exposing a reactive zone of a chemical test strip to at least a portion of the industrial water thereby creating a post-exposure reactive zone; imaging the post-exposure reactive zone using an imaging device thereby creating a digital image of the post-exposure reactive zone; optionally cropping the digital image of the post-exposure reactive zone to isolate a portion of the digital image for analysis; analyzing at least one colorimetric parameter of at least the portion of the digital image of the post-exposure reactive zone using image analyzing software to determine the concentration of the at least one chemical species; and optionally outputting the determined concentration of the at least one chemical species of the industrial water.