Portable Moisture Analyzers aid in conservation efforts.
Press Release Summary:
MB Series determines solids content of wastewater/sewage and ensures compliance with all relevant regulations before releasing treated wastewater back into environment. Products in series combine uniform IR halogen heating to 200°C with weighing technology. Analyzer processes one sample in less than 30 min and can be used at numerous points throughout testing process. Unit features readability to 1 mg, 0.01% moisture, and 45 g capacity.
Original Press Release:
The Ohaus MB Series Moisture Analyzers - Bringing Speed and Efficiency to Conservation Efforts
Pine Brook, NJ (May 25, 2004) - Releasing anything back into the environment is a serious issue, especially when it comes to wastewater and sewage. As a result, a host of stringent environmental standards and regulations imposed on wastewater treatment facilities are aggressively enforced on both the state and Federal levels. To ensure compliance with these myriad regulations, those involved with wastewater/sewage treatment must rely on the tools of their trade to deliver the precision, accuracy, and efficiency that are mandated by law.
To date, large and inefficient laboratory ovens have typically been used to determine the solids content of wastewater/sewage and to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations before releasing treated wastewater back into the environment. By today's standards, these ovens are both time consuming and highly inefficient to operate. Ohaus MB Series moisture analyzers can vastly improve the speed, accuracy and reliability of this process for wastewater treatment facilities, with a minimal investment required. The MB Series moisture analyzers combine state-of-the-art halogen heating with highly accurate weighing technology to revolutionize the process of determining solids content and ensuring compliance with myriad regulations in the wastewater treatment industry.
During the treatment process, wastewater is tested numerous times for solids percentage. When using traditional heating ovens, solids percentage testing can be incredibly time consuming and inefficient, taking up to several hours to complete a single test. Simply replacing the ovens with Ohaus MB Series moisture analyzers will improve the process on all levels, whereas the MB has the ability to process a sample in less than 30 minutes. The MB series can be easily and efficiently used at numerous points throughout the testing process to determine the effectiveness of the thickening process and dewatering of the sludge. Testing can be completed in batch processing before the wastewater/sludge is moved to each of the next steps. In the overall treatment process, this kind of continuous process testing enabled by the MB Series, ensures the most accurate readings and safe levels of solids content for digestion by plant and animal life throughout the environment. Testing during the dewatering process ensures the sludge will meet the solids content minimums for landfill disposal or use as a fertilizer. By incorporating the MB Series into their treatment process, Wastewater Treatment Plants will have the ability to significantly reduce their bottom lines. The MB Series will further attest that Treatment Plants ship as much dry solid waste as possible, thereby reducing the cost of transporting waste with unneeded, excess water weight. Most importantly, the MB Series moisture analyzers optimize the efficiency of the treatment process, even during significant flow events.
Ohaus MB Series moisture analyzers are also a great alternative because of their portability. Unlike large laboratory ovens, the MB Series can escape the confines of the lab and be used throughout the plant or facility and essentially take up significantly less space then an oven or conventional microwave heating chamber.
To optimize accuracy, all testing and weighing occurs inside the heating chamber of the MB Series, which is protected from cross drafts and other outside factors. Unlike conventional ovens that force the user to remove the sample to be weighed, the end result when using the MB Series is immediately recorded so that environmental moisture does not re-enter the sample, skewing the results.
The MB Series also provides uniformed infrared halogen heating up to 200°C, readability up to 1mg, 0.01% moisture and a 45g capacity. The ability to measure smaller samples also increase the MB Series' effectiveness in providing more accurate results of test samples.
Ease of operation, an intuitive graphic LCD display, program storage, user customization, an integrated database library, and the capability to store/recall up to 50 drying programs are all additional features that make the MB Series the perfect solution for the wastewater treatment industry.
Every Ohaus product is backed by the industry-leading service and support that has become synonymous with the Ohaus name.
Ohaus Corporation manufactures an extensive line of high precision, portable, industrial and mechanical balances for the laboratory, industrial, education and specialty markets. An ISO 9001:2000 manufacturer, Ohaus is headquartered in Pine Brook, New Jersey, and has offices throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America. For additional information, please contact Ohaus Corporation at 973/377-9000, or visit the Ohaus web site at: www.ohaus.com.
