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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1993

Filed:

Jul. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yair Egozy, Lexington, MA (US);

Adam D Foley, Westwood, MA (US);

Gary A O'Neill, Tyngsborough, MA (US);

Assignee:

Millipore Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436146 ; 422 681 ; 422 78 ; 422 8202 ; 436145 ;
Abstract

A method and apparatus predict the organic carbon content of water discharged from a water purification system. Water is directed from a water source across, for example, a source of ultraviolet light of the water purification system under substantially steady-state conditions. A reference mode is established, whereby a reference-mode resistivity change is determined. A purification-mode is then established, whereby a purification mode resistivity change is measured. The reference-mode resistivity change and the purification-mode resistivity change are then combined to obtain a purified value which is associated with the carbon content of water discharged from the water purification system, thereby predicting the carbon content of water discharged from the water purification system.


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