Modern Water’s Microtox® CTM is a site-based, broad range, Continuous Toxicity Monitor (CTM). It continuously measures the chemical toxicity of a water source, giving instant indication of water health. Microtox® CTM is a fully automatic instrument that offers a 4-week, autonomous operating cycle and requires a low level of skill for both operation and maintenance.
Microtox® CTM makes fully automatic, continuous, on-line testing a reality. It has broad-range detection capabilities that provide rapid early warning of contamination by several thousand known chemicals. This enables containment measures to be actioned in time to protect against serious contamination events. A major advantage over most analytical methods is that Microtox® CTM is able to detect a broad range of contaminants whether or not there is prior knowledge of the potential source of contamination.
Other on-line toxicity monitors take intermittent samples and provide only one test result in typically 15-30 minutes. This means that brief events may be missed or lead to a high incidence of false negatives. Microtox® CTM takes two measurements per second, significantly reducing the risk of missed events.
- Real-time and truly continuous monitoring
- 4-week, autonomous operating cycle
- No manual intervention except for monthly maintenance
- Automatic diagnosis and reporting of system faults
- Remote data analysis and troubleshooting
- Detects thousands of chemical compounds with lower levels of detection than most other biosensor systems
| Sample Requirement | 100 - 200 ml/min at ambient pressure |
| Sample Temperature | 5 - 35 OC |
| Ambient Temperature | 5 - 40 OC with A/C option |
| Power Supply | 100/240V, 50-60Hz AC, 480W |
| Display | Colour, 180mm diagonal, touch sensitive |
| Communications | Ethernet, USB port for data download |
| Communications Options | 4-20 mA, 2 relay alarm output, GPRS modem, Wifi network, LAN |
| Consumables | Supplied frozen immediate use on site or storage at -22oC. Suitable for 4 weeks operation |
| Auto Calibration Interval | User settable between 3 and 24 hours |
| Standard | 5 mg/L zinc ion from zinc sulphate or customer specified |
| Waste Volume | 120 l/month – non-toxic, suitable for soak away |
| Autosampler | Takes samples on positive alarm (optional) |
| Weight | 70kg (approx.) |
| Dimensions: Main Enclosure | 1250 x 750 x 365 mm (H x W x D) |
| Control Panel | 425 x 750 x 365 mm (H x W x D) |
| Housing | Aluminium |
| Maintenance | Typically 2 hours per month |
| Mounting | Wall or floor |
| Optional | Pre-filtration, A/C option |
| Certification | CE, RoHS and WEEE |