Troubleshooting, Incorrect bod curves, High oxygen demand – Hach-Lange BODTRACK II User Manual User Manual

Page 22: Incorrect bod curves high oxygen demand, Curves, refer to, Figure 4

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bottle fence. Move the tubing counter-clockwise and secure the bottle
cap inside the fence.

Troubleshooting

Incorrect BOD curves

Figure 4

shows incorrect BOD curves for a 10 day test period. For typical

curves, refer to

Typical curves

on page 17.

Figure 4 Incorrect curves

1 High oxygen demand

4 Initial sample temperature below

20 ºC or supersaturated with
oxygen

2 Nitrification

5 Bottle leak

3 Excessive time lag

High oxygen demand

Refer to

Figure 4

on page 20. Samples that are above range (for

example, a BOD over 350 mg/L when a 160-mL sample is taken) will

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