Hanna Instruments HI 98703 User Manual

Instruction Manual

HI 98703

Portable Turbidimeter

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Dear Customer,
Thank you for choosing a Hanna Instruments product. This manual will provide you with the

necessary information for correct use of the instrument.
Please read this instruction manual carefully before using the instrument.
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or see the back side of this manual for our worldwide sales and technical service contacts.
This instrument is in compliance with

directives.

WARRANTY

HI 98703 is warranted for two years against defects in workmanship and materials when used
for its intended purpose and maintained according to instructions. This warranty is limited to
repair or replacement free of charge.

Damage due to accidents, misuse, tampering or lack of prescribed maintenance is not covered.
If service is required, contact the dealer from whom you purchased the instrument. If under

warranty, report the model number, date of purchase, serial number and the nature of the failure.
If the repair is not covered by the warranty, you will be notified of the charges incurred. If the
instrument is to be returned to Hanna Instruments, first obtain a Returned Goods Authorization
number from the Technical Service Department and then send it with shipping costs prepaid.
When shipping any instrument, make sure it is properly packed for complete protection.

To validate your warranty, fill out and return the enclosed warranty card within 14 days from the
date of purchase.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WARRANTY ........................................................................................................................................................... 2

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION ....................................................................................................................................3

GENERAL DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................................... 4

TAG IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM .................................................................................................................................. 5

ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 5

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION ......................................................................................................... ..............................6

MEASUREMENT UNITS ............................................................................................................................................ 7

FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................................... 8

SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 11

GENERAL TIPS FOR AN ACCURATE MEASUREMENT ................................................................................................... 12

MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE ................................................................................................................................. 19

CALIBRATION PROCEDURE ....................................................................................................................................22

LOGGING ............................................................................................................................................................ 26

GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE (GLP) ...................................................................................................................... 29

SETUP ................................................................................................................................................................ 31

LCD BACKLIGHT ................................................................................................................................................... 35

TAG INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................................... 35

LAMP REPLACEMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 36

BATTERIES MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................... 36

PC INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................................................... 38

ERROR CODES ....................................................................................................................................................38

ACCESSORIES ......................................................................................................................................................3 9

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USERS ...........................................................................................................................39

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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Please examine this product carefully. Make sure the instrument is not damaged. If any damage
has occurred during the shipment, please notify your dealer.

This HI 98703 Portable Turbidimeter is supplied complete with:

• Five Sample Cuvets and Caps

• Calibration Cuvets (HI 98703-11)

• Silicone Oil (HI 93703-58)

• Tissue for wiping the cuvets

• Five Tag holders with Tags (HI 920005)

• Batteries (4 pcs.)

• AC Adapter

• Instruction Manual

• Instrument Quality Certificate

• Rigid carrying case

Note:Save all packing material until you are sure that the instrument works correctly. Any

defective item must be returned in the original packing with the supplied accessories.

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

HI 98703 is a high accuracy EPA compliant portable turbidimeter that benefits from Hanna’s years of
experience as manufacturer of analytical instruments. The HI 98703 meets and exceeds the requirements
of the USEPA Method 180.1 for wastewater and Standard Method 2130 B for drinking water.

The instrument is specially designed for water quality measurements, providing a reliable and
accurate reading on low turbidity values.

The HI 98703 instrument measures the turbidity of a sample in the 0.00 to 1000 NTU (Nephelometric
Turbidity Units) range. An effective algorithm calculates and converts the readings in NTU.

The instrument has an EPA compliance reading mode which rounds the reading to meet EPA reporting
requirements.

Depending on the measured probe and needed accuracy, normal measurement, continuous
measurement, or signal averaging measurement can be selected.

The instrument is based on a state-of-the-art optical system, which guarantees accurate results. The
optical system, consisting in a tungsten filament lamp and two detectors (scattered and transmitted),
assures long term stability and minimizes stray light and color interferences. It also compensates for
variations in intensity of the lamp, minimizing the need of frequent calibration.

The 25 mm round cuvets made from special optical glass guarantee the repeatability and consistency
of the measurements.

Calibration can be easily performed at any time in two, three ot four points (<0.1, 15, 100 and
750 NTU-adjustable calibration points), using the supplied or user prepared standards.

HI 98703 has complete GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) functions that allows traceability of the calibration
conditions. The last calibration points, time and date can be checked at any time by a single touch.

HI 98703 has a very user-friendly interface, with an easy to read, large LCD (Liquid Crystal Display).
The displayed codes guide the user step by step with routine operation and through calibration.
Confirmation and acoustic signals help the user during instrument operation.

The HI 98703 turbidimeter is a truly splash proof portable instrument. It is supplied with a rigid
carrying case that offers protection for harsh environments.

One battery set is enough for at least 1500 measurements. The battery charging percentage and low
battery condition are displayed on the LCD to avoid unexpected battery failure. In order to save the
battery life, the instrument has an auto shut-off feature and will turn off after 15 minutes of non-use.

In addition, the instrument is equipped with backlight and the current time is continuously displayed
on the LCD.

The instrument also provides a logging function. Up to 200 measurements can be stored in the
internal memory and consulted at any time. Data can be downloaded to a PC for storing or further
analysis through one of the two available ports: RS232 or USB.

For advanced field applications, the HI 98703 turbidimeter is equipped with Tag Identification
System (TIS) that makes data collecting and management simpler than ever.

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TAG IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

Hanna is the first manufacturer of turbidity instruments that has decided to add the unique T.I.S. - Tag
Identification System to our Portable Turbidimeters, to meet the more restrictive needs of the users
and fit all advantages of this system to the turbidity measurements and data management.

The system is designed for scientific and industrial applications, or to prove during safety audits and
inspections that samples have been truly taken on pre-established locations.

The system is as easy to install as to operate. Just fix the so-called
sites that need to be checked often, and with this the T.I.S. is setup. The tag contains a computer chip
embedded in a durable stainless steel can. It is designed to withstand the harsh environments,
indoors or outdoors. The number of tags that can be installed is practically unlimited, because each
tag has a unique identification code.

Immediately after tags installation you can start collecting data. Use the Portable Turbidimeter to
take measurements and memorize the test result by pressing the Log-on-Demand key. Then, the
instrument will ask for the tag identification. Simply touching the
connector on the Portable Turbidimeter does identify and authenticate logging, by storing the
iButton® serial number, time and date stamp.

The power of the T.I.S. features resides in the PC application. Download all test data to your PC and
use our HI 92000 Windows® compatible application software for further data management. You can
sort or filter all your collected test data on different criteria like on a specific sampling location,
parameter, date and time intervals, or fix range to filter measured values. The data can be plotted in
a graph, exported to other common Windows® applications or printed for reporting purpose.

It is also possible to add new tags later on, thus increasing an already existing database. Each time the
PC software recognizes a new added tag, it will ask for a description of the new sampling location.

iButton® tags near your sampling

iButton® with the matching

ABBREVIATIONS

NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Units
JTU Jackson Turbidity Units
FTU Formazin Turbidity Units
USEPA US Environmental Protection Agency
LCD Liquid Crystal Display

RTC Real Time Clock
RH Relative Humidity
TIS Tag Identification System
ID Identification

iButton® is registered Trademark of “MAXIM/DALLAS semiconductor Corp.”

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PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

Turbidity of the water is an optical property that causes light to be scattered and absorbed, rather than
transmitted. The scattering of the light that passes through a liquid is primarily caused by the
suspended solids. The higher the turbidity, the greater the amount of scattered light. Because even
the molecules in a very pure fluid scatter light to a certain degree, no solution will have zero
turbidity.
The USEPA Method 180.1 specify the key parameters for the optical system to measure turbidity
for drinking, saline and surface water in a 0 to 40 NTU range, using the nephelometric method.
The HI 98703 Portable Turbidimeter is designed to meet or exceed the criteria specified by the
USEPA Method 180.1 and Standard Method 2130 B.
The light beam that passes through the sample is scattered in all directions. The intensity and pattern
of the scattered light is affected by many variables like wavelenght of the incident light, particle size,
shape, refractive index and color.
The Hanna’s HI 98703 is based on a state-of-the-art optical system that guarantee both high
performance and reliable results.
This optical system includes a tungsten filament lamp, a scattered light detector (90
transmitted light detector (1800). The microprocessor of the instrument calculates from the signals
that reaches the two detectors, the NTU value, using an effective algorithm. This algorithm corrects
and compensates for interferences of color, making the HI 98703 turbidimeter color-compensated.

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The optical system and measuring technique alow the compensation of lamp intensity fluctuations,
minimizing the need of frequent calibration.
The lower detection limit of a turbidimeter is determined by the so called “stray light”. Stray light
is the light detected by the sensors, that is not caused by light scattering from suspended particles.
The optical system of HI 98703 turbidimeter is designed to have very low stray light, providing
accurate results for low turbidity samples. However, special care must be taken when measuring low
turbidities (see General Tips for an Accurate Measurement for sample preparation and measuring
techniques).

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MEASUREMENT UNITS

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Many methods were used to measure turbidity over the years. The Jackson Candle Turbidimeter was
used to measure turbidity as Jackson turbidity units (JTU). The Secchi Disk is commonly used to
measure turbidity in lakes and other deep waters (mg/L SiO2). Both methods are visual and are not
considered very accurate. To obtain more accurate readings a nephelometer should be used as a
turbidity reading instrument.

The HI 98703 turbidimeter reports the measurements only in NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity
Units). NTU units are equal to FTU units (Formazine Turbidity Units). The conversion table
between these measurement units is shown bellow:

UTJ UTF/UTN OiS

UTJ 1 91 05.2

UTF/UTN 350.0 1 31.0

OiS

)L/gm( 4.0 5.7 1

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L/gm(

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FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION

1) Cuvet Lid. Close the cuvet lid prior to start a measurement.

2) Cuvet Holder. Insert the cuvet into the holder with the cuvet mark matching the case mark.

3) Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). The LCD has backlight for better visibility in dark environments.

4) Keypad. Splash proof resistant.

5) Lamp connector. Connect the new lamp using a screwdriver during lamp changing procedure.

6) Lamp. Replacable tungsten lamp.

7) Battery Lid. Remove the battery lid in order to change batteries or replace the lamp.

KEYPAD DESCRIPTION

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8) ON/OFF, press to turn the instrument ON/OFF. If no key is pressed for more than 15
minutes, the instrument automatically shuts off.

9) GLP

10) AVG

11) CAL, press to enter/exit calibration. During setup it is used to start/stop editing a parameter.

12) LIGHT, press to turn ON/OFF the backlight.

13) RCL, press to enter/exit viewing log content.

14) LOG/CFM, press to save the log records or to confirm the selected option.

15) READ

16) SETUP/DEL, press to enter/exit setup. The DEL function is available in Log Recall to delete

CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION

, press to enter/exit GLP feature. In SETUP it is used to increase the set values. In Log

Recall it is used to select a newer record (scroll up).

, press to set the average reading mode ON/OFF. In SETUP it is used to decrease the

set values. In Log Recall it is used to select an older record (scroll down).

, press to start a measurement. Press and hold READ to make a continuous
measurement. In Log Recall it is used to see the content of a record. In GLP it is used to
see all available informations. In SETUP, during date or time editing, it is used to move the
focus on the next setting item.

one or all records. In GLP it is used to delete the user calibration.

17) AC adapter connector, used to connect an external AC Adapter.

18) RS232 connector, used to transfer data through the RS232 connection. Use HI 920011
serial cable to connect to the PC.

19) Tag reader connector. Touch the tag with the connector to read the location identification
number during logging.

20) USB connector, used to transfer data to the PC.

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DISPLAY DESCRIPTION

1) Battery icon. When it is ON, it shows that the instrument works on battery. When blinking,
the batteries are almost empty and need to be replaced.

2) Wait icon. It is displayed when the instrument performs an internal checkup.

3) Lamp icon. The lamp icon is shown when the lamp is turned on.

4) Measurement icon. The icon shows the measuring scheme of the instrument.

5) Four digit main display. The main display shows the turbidity value after one measurement.
Depending on the instrument working mode, other values or messages are displayed.

6) Measurement units. The turbidity is measured in NTU. When average or continuous mode is
selected, the “NTU” tag blinks for each new displayed value. For conversions in other units
see Measurement Units section.

7) AVG icon. When selected, the measurement will be taken in average mode. The “NTU” tag
will blink for each new displayed value.

8) Four digit secondary display. The secondary display shows the current time (if selected) or
other values/messages.

BEEPER

A beeper is used to make the user interface more friendly. An error or invalid key press is
signaled by a long beep. A confirmation beep is signaled by a short beep. The beeper is
selectable as ON or OFF in Setup Menu.

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SPECIFICATIONS

Range 0.00 to 9.99 NTU

10.0 to 99.9 NTU
100 to 1000 NTU

Range Selection Automatically
Resolution 0.01 NTU from 0.00 to 9.99 NTU

0.1 NTU from 10.0 to 99.9 NTU
1 NTU from 100 to 1000 NTU

Accuracy ±2% of reading plus 0.02 NTU
Repeatibility ±1% of reading or 0.02 NTU, whichever is greater
Stray Light < 0.02 NTU
Typical EMC Deviation ±0.05 NTU
Light Source Tungsten filament lamp
Lamp Life Greater than 100,000 readings
Light Detector Silicon Photocell
Method Ratio Nephelometric signal (90') scatter light ratio transmitted light

Adaptation of the USEPA Method 108.1 and Standard Method

2130 B
Display 60 x 90mm LCD with backlight
Standards 15, 100 and 750 NTU
Calibration One, two or three point calibration
LOG Memory 200 records
Serial Interface RS232 or USB 1.1
Environment 0 to 50°C (32 to 122°F); max 95% RH non-condensing
Power supply 4 x 1.5V AA alkaline batteries or AC adapter
Auto Shut-off After 15 minutes of non-use
Dimensions 224 x 87 x 77 mm (8.8 x 3.4 x 3.0”)
Weight 512 g (18 oz.)

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GENERAL TIPS FOR AN ACCURATE MEASUREMENT

HI 98703 is a highly accurate turbidimeter. To meet the instrument performance and fully
benefit of its properties it is very important that the analyst perform accurate, precise and
repeatable readings using proper measurement techniques. Special care must be taken during
sample preparation and handling.
The instructions listed below should be carefully followed during measurement and calibration to
ensure best accuracy.

CUVET

The cuvet is part of the optical system in all measurements. The light reaches the sample by
passing through the cuvet glass. As a result, the measurement can be affected by the glass
imperfections, dirt, dust, scratches, or fingerprints present on the cuvet surface.

CUVET HANDLING

The cuvets should be free of scratches or cracks. Any cuvet with visible scratches will be
discarded. The cuvets should be periodically washed with acid. After washing, the cuvets should
be well rinsed many times with distilled or deionized water. Allow cuvets to air-dry and store
them for long periods of time with caps, to avoid dirt entering inside. Always handle the cuvet
by touching only the cap or its top side (over the horizontal line).

Always store the cuvets in separate boxes or with separators between them to avoid scratches on
the surface.

CUVET PREPARATION

Whenever a cuvet is used, it must be clean inside and outside. When it is placed into the
instrument, it must be dry outside, completely free of fingerprints or dirt.

If the cuvet is not indexed, put the cuvet with the factory mark aligned with the sign on the
instrument top.

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