WHAM (Weighted Heuristic Analyzer Monitor) is a portable system developed to monitor water quality in remote and field environments. It provides rapid, on-site detection of contaminants to support environmental safety and compliance for military operations.
In addition to fuels and oils, FTL has experience developing sensor systems for classifying drinking water. WHAM (Weighted Heuristic Analyzer Monitor) is a lightweight, cross-platform expert-system for assessment of candidate water sources based on public regulations. Using no reagents or destructive methods, it executes sensor measurements in real-time in an automated flow-through system, and alalyzes those measurements in parallel to provide instantaneous sample assessment.
Modular and flexible in its design, WHAM can be configured to interface with a wide variety of sensors and apply different sets of regulations based on context and need. Sensor readings (input) and analysis results (output) are separately exported as CSV-style spreadsheets as well as stored together, along with configuration settings, in a portable SQLite database. WHAM has been used to characterize numerous water samples, including deionized water as well as local (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA) tap and pond water.
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