METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AND RETESTING AN ONLINE TOC EXCURSION SAMPLE

摘要

An aspect provides an analyzer for validating a measurement of total organic carbon in a sample of water, including: one or more processors; and a memory storing program instructions including: instructions for measuring an amount of total organic carbon in a first sample of water using and obtaining a first measurement thereof; instructions for identifying a potential excursion event when an amount of total organic carbon in the first sample is above a predefined threshold; instructions for capturing a second sample of water in a bottle responsive to detecting the potential excursion event; instructions for introducing the second sample into a the analyzer; instructions for measuring an amount of total organic carbon in the second sample using the analyzer and obtaining a second measurement thereof; and instructions for comparing the first measurement and second measurement. Other aspects are described and claimed.