A waste processing system includes a storage tank (16) to collect urine, a dose pump (22) to mix a volume of urine pretreat with a volume of water and dispense the resultant pretreat mixture into the storage tank (16), and a sensor (30) configured to monitor one or more properties of the pretreat mixture. The sensor (30) is an optical sensor transmitting a light signal through the pretreat mixture. A method of monitoring a flow of a pretreat mixture of a waste processing system includes mixing a volume of urine pretreat with a volume of water at a dose pump (22) defining a pretreat mixture, directing the pretreat mixture along a fluid pathway toward a storage tank (16), and measuring one or more properties of the pretreat mixture via an optical sensor (30) disposed along the fluid pathway.


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    Title :

    OPTICAL SENSOR


    Additional title:

    OPTISCHER SENSOR
    CAPTEUR OPTIQUE


    Contributors:
    MYERS CASEY (author) / KAUFMAN CORY (author)

    Publication date :

    2024-10-09


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    C02F Behandlung von Wasser, Schmutzwasser, Abwasser oder von Abwasserschlamm , TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES



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