Floating Floc Meeting Minutes

Spring 2009 Minutes

February 13, 2009

Accomplishments

• The group met on Tuesday at 7:00pm and Wednesday at 12:20pm.
• Aeration subteam met on Thursday at 10:30 am.
• Wrote meeting minutes
• Backwash Sand Filter Subteam met on Thursday at 7:30pm to brainstorm on the semester goals & tentative experimental approaches.

Metrics

• Broke up into two subteams, one focusing on a sand filter approach and the other, aeration.
• Determined subteam members based on available meeting times.
• Spoke to Monroe about the sand filter experimental set up.
• Spoke to Paul Charles about the structure of the aeration experimental set up.
• Obtained parts and probes for the sand filter and aeration experimental set up.
• Discussed how the aeration subteam could simulate water entering the grit chamber under atmospheric pressure.
• Reviewed Easy Data software with Monroe and configured the DO probe and pressure sensor.
• Discussed drafting up an AutoCAD drawing of the set up.

Outcomes

• The aeration experimental set up is almost complete.
• Semester goals for Backwash Sand Filter is almost complete.
• Backwash Sand Filter Subteam request an appointment with Monroe

Issues

• What sand to use for the Backwash Sand Filter?
• Scaling issue about flow rate into the filter.