Hypoxia Research System

Custom design, build and installation of specialized hypoxia research systems (salt and fresh water) utilizing vacuum degassing method. Two independent 8-tank, rack mounted research aquaria systems were supplied with recirculating filtration system, low oxygen control system (using vacuum technology) and computerized water quality monitoring system to record and graph data remotely and in real time. This unique system was able to maintain low oxygen conditions independently in each tank to as low as 0.7 mg/L consistently for short term or long term experiments.

This highly sophisticated system utilized the vacuum degassing method instead of traditional nitrogen gas displacement method to improve accuracy and lower consumables cost especially for long-term experiments. The resulting computer-controlled process that was specifically developed for this project provided stable oxygen tensions maintained by an inexhaustible supply of deoxygenated water.

Aquatic Research