MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611058762 A) filed by Nims University Rajasthan, Jaipur on May 08, 2026, for Device For Subsurface Monitoring.
Inventors include Babithesh Babu Nk; Dr. R. Sanjeevi; Dr. Sandeep Tripathi; Dr. Devesh Kumar Joshi; Dr. J. Anuradha; and B Gyani Priyanka Patnaik.
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: An integrated recharge rate and contaminant coupled estimation device (100) for subsurface monitoring is disclosed. The device comprises a subsurface deployable probe assembly (101) installable across a vadose zone, capillary fringe, or saturated aquifer, hydro- physical sensing elements (102) including soil moisture, pore-water pressure, hydraulic head, and temperature sensors, and hydro- chemical sensing elements (103) including electrical conductivity, pH, redox potential, and ion-selective contaminant sensors. A data acquisition and synchronization unit (104) collects time-stamped multi-depth data, which is processed by an embedded processing unit (105) executing a recharge contaminant coupling algorithm to compute groundwater recharge rate, contaminant concentration trends, and mass flux, generating a recharge normalized contaminant loading output. A decision-support module (106) produces recharge efficiency indices and contaminant risk indicators. A power management subsystem (107) enables autonomous operation, and a communication interface (108) transmits processed outputs for real-time, in-situ differentiation between contaminant dilution and mobilization during recharge events.
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