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  • oa Continuous Chlorine Detection in Drinking Water and a Review of New Detection Methods

    Residual disinfectant in drinking water should be monitored from the plant to the tap. Sensor fouling remains an obstacle to the development of reliable, low-maintenance, continuously-operating sensors

  • Authors: Robert Euan Wilson1, Ivan Stoianov1 and Danny O’Hare2
  • Affiliations: 1 Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringSkempton Building, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZUK 2 Department of BioengineeringSouth Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZUK
  • Source: Johnson Matthey Technology Review, Volume 63, Issue 2, Apr 2019, p. 103 - 118
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1595/205651318X15367593796080
    • Published online: 01 Jan 2019

Abstract

Chlorination is necessary to prevent epidemics of waterborne disease however excess chlorination is wasteful, produces harmful disinfection byproducts, exacerbates corrosion and causes deterioration in aesthetic qualities, leading to consumer complaints. Residual chlorine must be continuously monitored to prevent both under- and over-chlorination and factors including pH, temperature and fouling must be considered as these also affect the disinfectant strength of residual chlorine. Standard methods used by water utility companies to determine residual chlorine concentration in drinking water distribution systems are appraised and found to be unsuitable for continuous monitoring. A selection of newly developed methods for residual chlorine analysis are evaluated against performance criteria, to direct research towards the development of chlorine sensors that are suitable for use in water systems. It is found that fouling tolerance in particular is generally not well understood for these selected sensor technologies and that long-term trials in real systems is recommended.

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Continuous Chlorine Detection in Drinking Water and a Review of New Detection Methods
Johnson Matthey Technology Review 63, 103 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1595/205651318X15367593796080
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