Automating the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) test can greatly increase the efficiency and production capacity of a laboratory. To automate this analysis, the following information is required:
- How many bottles on average do you set up for an initials batch?
- For example, this accounts for all samples and all dilutions per sample, plus blanks, GGA’s, etc.
- How often do you set up Initials?
- For example, many laboratories set up Initials on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday then Finals on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday since the laboratory is closed on weekends.
- What is the maximum number of bottles in your incubator at any one time?
- Do you analyze BOD, cBOD, or both?
- What is the source of most samples that you are analyzing
- For example, municipal WW, industrial WW, surface water, etc.
- What percentage of samples do you know the approximate BOD of before analysis?
- Who are the clients or users of the BOD information?
- For example, industrial pre-treatment, WWTP effluent compliance, WWTP engineers, etc.
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