Self-contained, automated, long-term sensor system for monitoring of soil and water nutrients in fields
申请人:Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
公开号:US11378541B1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-05
An automated, fieldable ion-selective sensor system for frequent detection of nutrients in soils or water is set forth. In one aspect, an integrated small form-factor housing includes a battery, processor, a fluid manipulation unit and reservoirs, and a chemical species detection cell. A flow-through sampling head can be connected to the detection cell and a waste reservoir by flexible tubing sealingly connected at opposite ends of the tube. In one aspect, improved performance of the ion-selective sensor includes adding an ion-to-electron transfer interlayer between an ion-selective membrane and its working electrode. In one aspect, the sensor is solid-state and uses printed polymeric composite of POT-MoS2. The use of a porous tube for a sampling head and fluid connection at opposite ends allows not only fluid to be removed from the head to the detection cell for measurement but also flow in an opposite direction and out to a waste reservoir to clean and reset for a next sample measurement.
本文提出了一种可现场使用的自动离子选择传感器系统,用于频繁检测土壤或水中的养分。在一个方面,集成的小型外壳包括电池、处理器、流体处理单元和储液器以及化学物质检测单元。流过式采样头可通过在管子两端密封连接的柔性管连接到检测单元和废液贮存器。在一个方面,离子选择性传感器性能的改进包括在离子选择性膜与其工作电极之间添加离子-电子转移中间膜。在一个方面,传感器是固态的,使用 POT-MoS2 印刷聚合物复合材料。采样头采用多孔管,两端与流体连接,不仅可以将流体从采样头移出,流向检测池进行测量,还可以流向相反的方向,流向废液贮存器进行清洗和重置,以便进行下一次样品测量。