The discharge measurement is performed by using the well-established tracer-dilution method. The system can be deployed in turbulent rivers, creeks or waters for which data regarding the cross-section profile are not available or unknown. It is used salt (NaCl) as tracer material. After insertion of a known amount of tracer material two conductivity probes automatically determine the discharge. This way high plausibility and accurate results can be guaranteed.

Features and advantages
– Simple, mobile discharge measurement
– Reliable results even without knowledge and independent of the cross-section profile
– Suitable for fast-flowing, turbulent waters or where access is limited
– Environmentally friendly, harmless for water
– Discharge values immediately available
– Easy transmission of measurement data from the sensor to receiving device via Bluetooth
– Convenient receiving of data on laptop
– Real-time visualisation of measurement data
– User-friendly guidance through the measurement by the included software TQ-Commander
– Simultaneous measurement with up to four probes
– Tracer material: salt (NaCl)
– Probe type: conductivity probe
– Compact and convenient: complete equipment securely packed in two cases

Fields of application
The TQ-tracer system is especially suitable for fast-flowing, turbulent waters with complex cross sections, for example mountain streams, small brooks, tributaries or even fish passes. Equally the TQ-tracer works very well in shallow rivers where most other instruments fail to get reliable results or cannot be used any more at all.

Measured physical value : discharge
Technology : real-time, conductivity
Applications : for watercourse
Other characteristics : portable, compact, mobile