Real-time management of analyte recovery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11796549-B2
Application number	US-202117174972-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2021
Priority date	Feb 12, 2021
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

An embodiment provides a method for real-time management of analyte recovery within a system for measuring at least one parameter of a fluid within the system by monitoring signals from the system against a set of conditions, the method including: receiving, from the system, signals providing information regarding the system, wherein the system includes at least one reagent flowing into the system and recovers analytes within the fluid, wherein the analytes provide an indication of a value of the at least one parameter; identifying, by analyzing the signals, whether the analyte recovery of the system is meeting the set of conditions identifying a desired analyte recovery of the system; and modifying, based upon the analyte recovery not meeting the set of conditions, conditions of the system for recovery of the analyte, wherein the modifying includes adjusting at least one parameter of the system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for real-time management of analyte recovery within a system for measuring at least one parameter of a fluid within the system by monitoring signals from the system against a set of conditions, the method comprising:
receiving, from the system, signals providing information regarding the system, wherein the system comprises at least one reagent flowing into the system and recovers analytes within the fluid, wherein the analytes provide an indication of a value of the at least one parameter;
identifying, by analyzing the signals, whether the analyte recovery of the system is meeting the set of conditions identifying a desired analyte recovery option of the system, wherein the set of conditions comprises an identification of at least one of the analytes for which to optimize recovery; and
modifying, based upon the analyte recovery not meeting the set of conditions and utilizing at least one algorithm identifying conditions of the system for recovery of the at least one of the analytes, a configuration of the system for recovery of the at least one of the analytes, wherein the modifying comprises adjusting at least one parameter of the system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying comprises identifying the analyte recovery is not meeting the set of conditions by identifying that a value of at least one of the analytes is increasing and a value of at least another of the analytes is being maintained after increasing a volume of the at least one reagent.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the adjusting at least one parameter of the system comprises adjusting a parameter of the at least one reagent.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying comprises identifying the analyte recovery is not meeting the set of conditions by identifying that a value of at least one of the analytes is increasing and a value of at least another of the analytes is increasing after increasing a volume of the at least one reagent.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the adjusting at least one parameter comprises adjusting a variable of the system.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying comprises identifying the analyte recovery is meeting the set of conditions by identifying that a value of at least one of the analytes is being maintained and a value of at least another of the analytes is being maintained after increasing a volume of the at least one reagent.

7. The method of claim 6 , comprising reporting the at least one parameter derived from the value of the at least one of the analytes and the value of the at least another of the analytes.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising starting a reaction process comprising introducing the fluid to the system, identifying the analytes are present within the fluid, and introducing the at least one reagent to the fluid having the analytes; and
wherein the identifying is responsive to measuring values of the analytes after introduction of the at least one reagent.

9. The method of claim 8 , comprising rerunning the reaction process responsive to identifying the analyte recovery is not meeting the set of conditions identified from the measuring of the values and modifying the analyte recovery.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system measures a plurality of parameters of the fluid;
wherein the plurality of parameters comprise Total nitrogen and Total organic carbon; and
wherein the set of conditions is selected from the group consisting of: most efficient N 2 recovery, most efficient C recovery, and efficient N 2 and C recovery.

11. A system for real-time management of analyte recovery within a system for measuring at least one parameter of a fluid within the system by monitoring signals from the system against a set of conditions, the system comprising:
at least one reagent flowing into the system;
a memory storing instructions executable by a processor to:
receive, from the system, signals providing information regarding the system, wherein the system recovers analytes within the fluid, wherein the analytes provide an indication of a value of the at least one parameter;
identify, by analyzing the signals, whether the analyte recovery of the system is meeting the set of conditions identifying a desired analyte recovery option of the system, wherein the set of conditions comprises an identification of at least one of the analytes for which to optimize recovery; and
modify, based upon the analyte recovery not meeting the set of conditions and utilizing at least one algorithm identifying conditions of the system for recovery of the at least one of the analytes, a configuration of the system for recovery of the at least one of the analytes, wherein the modifying comprises adjusting at least one parameter of the system.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identifying comprises identifying the analyte recovery is not meeting the set of conditions by identifying that a value of at least one of the analytes is increasing and a value of at least another of the analytes is being maintained after increasing a volume of the at least one reagent.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the adjusting at least one parameter of the system comprises adjusting a parameter of the at least one reagent.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identifying comprises identifying the analyte recovery is not meeting the set of conditions by identifying that a value of at least one of the analytes is increasing and a value of at least another of the analytes is increasing after increasing a volume of the at least one reagent.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the adjusting at least one parameter comprises adjusting a variable of the system.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identifying comprises identifying the analyte recovery is meeting the set of conditions by identifying that a value of at least one of the analytes is being maintained and a value of at least another of the analytes is being maintained after increasing a volume of the at least one reagent.

17. The system of claim 16 , comprising reporting the at least one parameter derived from the value of the at least one of the analytes and the value of the at least another of the analytes.

18. The system of claim 11 , comprising starting a reaction process comprising introducing the fluid to the system, identifying the analytes are present within the fluid, and introducing the at least one reagent to the fluid having the analytes; and
wherein the identifying is responsive to measuring values of the analytes after introduction of the at least one reagent.

19. The system of claim 18 , comprising rerunning the reaction process responsive to identifying the analyte recovery is not meeting the set of conditions identified from the measuring of the values and modifying the analyte recovery.

20. A computer program product for real-time management of analyte recovery within a system for measuring at least one parameter of a fluid within the system by monitoring signals from the system against a set of conditions, the computer program product comprising:
a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
code that receives, from the system, signals providing information regarding the system, wherein the system recovers analytes within the fluid, wherein the analytes provide an indication of a value of the at least one parameter;
code that identifies, by analyzing the signals, whether the analyte recovery of the system is meeting the set of c

Assignees

• Hach Co

Inventors

• Rajasekharan Vishnu Vardhanan
• Jackson Cary Burton
• Young Russell

Classifications

• G01N35/00663 Primary

  of consumables · CPC title

• G01N2035/00673

  of reagents · CPC title

• G01N33/18 Primary

  Water · CPC title

• G01N21/78

  producing a change of colour · CPC title