Demo Plant
Project Objectives
The goal of the Demo Plant team is to create a demonstration-scale version of the technologies used in full-scale AguaClara plants in several rural communities in Honduras. The Demo Plant is an important tool used to promote AguaClara in the Cornell community, at national conferences, and for community workshops in Honduras. The Demo Plant effectively shows how water flows through the plant and includes a chemical dose controller, flocculator, sedimentation tank, and stacked rapid sand filter. Furthermore, the Demo Plant fits easily into a standard piece of luggage.
Current Members
Alice Pachecho
Erin Loughlin
Lauren Frazier
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User Manual |
Final Report |
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Cost Sheet & Plant Labels:
Demo Plant Experimental Flow Rates & Plant Components Inventory in Attachments: Demo Plant Excel File
See also:
Summer 2008 Demo Plant Research
Demo Plant Research
Demo Plant Design & Construction
1 Comment
user-9c36d
Consider the following goals:
Assess whether the turbidimeter data is an adequate method of evaluating the flocculator performance. Compare the turbidimeter data with visual assessment of the location where flocs had grown to a size of several mm. Record head loss and calculate G¿. I thought that visually you had confirmed that adding obstacles made a difference in previous tests. In the summary of past research you suggest that the obstacles did not improve performance.
Clarify your overarching goal for why you want to produce a new demo plant design. You haven't connected the goal of building new demo plants with your research goals.