PB-030-AY Mini Water Quality Monitoring Buoy
Model: PB-030-AY
Compact floating water quality monitoring buoy designed for aquaculture and surface water applications, supporting real-time sensor data transmission and long-term unattended operation.

PB-030-AY
Compact floating water quality monitoring buoy designed for aquaculture and surface water applications, supporting real-time sensor data transmission and long-term unattended operation.
Best for: Aquaculture ponds, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, urban channels, and ecological monitoring points, Remote water quality stations requiring low-power floating deployment, Projects requiring quick deployment, GPS location, and multi-parameter remote data upload.
Specifications
- Standard parameters: pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, and turbidity; expandable to oil, ammonia, and other parameters
- Sensor capacity: Up to 4 sensors depending on configuration
- Power system: 20 Ah lithium battery with adapter and optional self-powered operation
- Battery runtime: More than 30 days in sunny conditions for typical pH and DO monitoring interval
- Low-power design: Sleep / wake operating mode, standby current below 50 µA
- External interfaces: RTU configuration interface, sensor power output, sensor debugging port, power switch, LED status output, MODBUS 485 sensor inputs, and call-test button
- Float size: 326 x 300 x 200 mm
- Net weight: Approx. 5 kg
- Float material: ASA engineering plastic
- Deployment: Compact buoy design for aquaculture, surface water, and easy field installation
- pH range: 0-14 pH
- Conductivity range: 10 µS/cm to 200 mS/cm
- Dissolved oxygen range: 0-20 mg/L or 0-200% saturation
- Turbidity range: 0.01-4000 NTU
- Chlorophyll range: 0-500 µg/L
- Blue-green algae range: 200-300000 cells/mL, customizable
- UVCOD range: 0-1000 mg/L COD (5 mm)
- Ammonia range: 0.1-3000 mg/L
Applications
- Aquaculture ponds, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, urban channels, and ecological monitoring points
- Remote water quality stations requiring low-power floating deployment
- Projects requiring quick deployment, GPS location, and multi-parameter remote data upload
- Surface water applications
- Drinking water source applications
- Aquaculture applications
- Wastewater treatment applications
- Industrial process water applications
- Environmental monitoring applications
- Seawater monitoring applications
- Field inspection applications
Benefits
- Compact floating platform for continuous, timed, or all-weather water quality monitoring
- Supports wired and wireless data transmission without complicated field cabling
- Built-in lithium battery system with optional solar power and long standby capability
- GPS positioning, configurable sampling interval, and platform data upload support
- Plug-in sensor maintenance with expandable MODBUS sensor interfaces
- Suitable for pH, temperature, conductivity, DO, turbidity, chlorophyll, blue-green algae, UVCOD, and ammonia monitoring
Frequently asked questions
What does the PB-030-AY measure?
PB-030-AY is configured for Standard parameters: pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, and turbidity; expandable to oil, ammonia, and other parameters; Sensor capacity: Up to 4 sensors depending on configuration; Power system: 20 Ah lithium battery with adapter and optional self-powered operation; Battery runtime: More than 30 days in sunny conditions for typical pH and DO monitoring interval.
Where is the PB-030-AY used?
Typical applications include Aquaculture ponds, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, urban channels, and ecological monitoring points, Remote water quality stations requiring low-power floating deployment, Projects requiring quick deployment, GPS location, and multi-parameter remote data upload, Surface water applications.
How do I select or order the PB-030-AY?
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