CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT VIA DIGITAL IMAGING

• Main Author: Von Drasek, William A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.07.2020
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTING; COUNTING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; METALLURGY; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; TESTING; TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE

Systems for and methods of monitoring and analyzing deposit in an industrial water system are provided. The methods comprise heating a substrate while the substrate contacts industrial water in the industrial water system to form deposit on the substrate. A series of digital images of the substrate while the substrate contacts the industrial water in the industrial water system is created. A region of interest in the series of digital images of the substrate is defined. A deposit feature in the region of interest in the series of digital images of the substrate is identified. The deposit feature in the region of interest in the series of digital images of the substrate is analyzed to determine a deposit trend of the substrate in the industrial water system. Generally, the systems are configured so as to be capable of carrying out one or more of the methods.