Liquids are used for many purposes in various industries. Particulate contamination in liquids such as quality deficiencies and excessive wear causes costly failures in machinery in power plants, refineries, and offshore operations. Particle measuring technology is used to identify such defects and contaminants in advance to control the purity of liquids that are utilized for industrial purposes.
Why Control the Quality of Liquids?
Liquids are used in various industries such as pharmaceuticals, fuel, food and beverage, chemical, and power plants. However, it is a known fact that most of these liquids such as water are not 100% pure all the time. They contain numerous contaminants like minute solid particles, chemicals, and minerals. Even though solid particles such as mud and clay or coagulation of other types of fluids can be seen by the naked eye, most contaminants can only be detected by special instruments. When using liquids to run machinery or sending liquids through machinery to be processed, it is crucial to ensure that they are up to the required standards of purity.
The effects of impure liquids cannot be undermined as they can cause damage to vast systems if ignored in the long run. Contaminated liquids can cause blockage in valves or pipelines and sometimes they can even react with the built materials of machines. Especially, if the liquid contains a high amount of wear like heavy metals and minerals, they get accumulated inside different parts of machines, causing long-term damage to them. Most liquids like water passed through these machines naturally contain impurities. The only way to overcome the challenge of preventing machine damage and product contamination is by controlling the quality of liquids. While many industries rely on liquid filtering methods, the most effective method of liquid quality control has been identified as using particle counters. With their top-notch technology and well-built components such as sensors, they can excellently detect particles dispersed in liquids and control their presence.
Liquid particle controlling brings numerous benefits to industries. Some of them are,
- Preventing liquid contamination
- Enhancing machine functions
- Improving the quality of products
- Minimizing machinery damage
- Eliminating harmful elements dispersed in liquids
- Smoothening liquid-related procedures
PMAS Particle Counters
Even though measuring and controlling the minute particles in liquids seems to be a complicated procedure, with the advancements in technology, it has become quite an easy task for industries. Automatic Particle Counters are one of the best devices that monitor and control the cleanliness of hydraulic or lubricating oil, fuel, pharmaceutical liquids, and process water. These devices are developed and manufactured by the German company PAMAS, and their components like optical sensors are crafted with highly sophisticated technology.
PAMAS has developed both portable and online measuring instruments that suit different occasions. The portable instruments come in the PAMAS S4031 product series and in online measurements. PAMAS has introduced the PAMAS WaterViewer, which is ideal for the analysis of potable water, process water, purified water, and raw water. According to the purpose, you may either choose the portable instrument or the online measuring system.
PAMAS is a well-trusted manufacturer of water particle counters that has been leading the European market for 30 years. With decades of keen research and discoveries, the Automatic Particle Counters (APCs) have been able to find a method to deliver faster and much more accurate results than turbidimeters or nephelometers. They provide more sensitive and differentiated particle counting results that are beyond the mere collective amount of particles. Due to accuracy and reliability, the results of these instruments are found to be trending everywhere on various online platforms.
Among various existing technologies of particle counting like turbidimeters and nephelometers, PAMAS Particle Counters stand out to be the best because of their high effectiveness. It is a common fact that the more turbid fluid is, the higher its measuring value will be. While turbidimeters and nephelometers only measure the collective amount of solid contaminants in liquids, the automatic water particle counter analyzes the size and the quantity of every single particle in the online sample flow. It is highly efficient at identifying different types of bacteria or failures in the system in a significantly short time, saving both the time and energy of the operators.
PAMAS is a renowned manufacturer of liquid particle counters based near Stuttgart in Germany. It is well-known for manufacturing and distributing Automatic Particle Counters among numerous destinations around the globe. The product range of PAMAS extends to more than 20 different particle counting models used on many occasions such as PAMAS S40 Go, PAMAS S50, and PAMAS SBSS. They are specifically manufactured to suit diverse environments such as harsh, outdoor environments and indoor laboratories. While the models which are applied in liquid particle contamination control in hydraulic and fuel systems are widely popular, there are more specialized models to determine the filter efficiency. PAMAS Automatic Particle Counters are highly utilized in the pharmaceutical industry and water treatment plants.
PAMAS WaterViewer
PAMAS WaterViewer is a stationary instrument designed to monitor and control the cleanliness of potable, raw, and purified wastewater. In the process, it may be connected to up to 32 measuring points. The microprocessor-controlled valves make it easy to change between measuring points and bypass connections. This system is installed with an automatic Sensor Flushing Unit: the PAMAS SFU to automatically remove mineral deposits such as manganese, calcium, and iron oxide from the optical cell windows to prevent diminishing the laser beam.
This instrument is automated and works round the clock, and the setup can be customized according to the demand. The PAMAS WaterViewer has been tried, tested, and trusted for many years by numerous users as an accurate and reliable measuring instrument for particle counting. It was screened and chosen by the Dutch KWR Research Institute (former KIWA) in 2005. PAMAS is also considered the most efficient water particle counter by many other universities in Europe, and it has its own department for Research and Development in Germany itself.
