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Stefan Kramer - s.kramer@contros.eu
http://www.contros.eu
CONTROS Systems & Solutions GmbH, Kiel, Germany, has recently introduced an upgraded version of the optical based underwater CO2 sensor, “HydroC™”, following extensive proving trials and scientific validation. The CONTROS HydroC™ sensor was evaluated for its easy handling and very positive quality characteristics in the ACT performance statements, which were announced by the organizers some weeks ago (http://www.act-us.info ).
The latest version of the CONTROS HydroC™ sensor includes the external SBE-5T pump with a special designed flow head. Using this pump and its special designed flow head, the CO2 sensors response time has been dropped down to 1 minute, which makes it the fastest on the market and also the response time of the HydroCTM CH4 sensor has been decreased down to 2 min. To achieve this effect several flow heads were designed with the aid of 3D CAD programs, where also flow simulations were done, afterwards the designs were put to test in order to get the actual performance of each design. At the end, the head design with the fastest flow and signal was chosen.