Pilot Plant Quiz for Spring 2009

Welcome to the Pilot Plant Team! To start you off, we have compiled some general questions for you to answer. You will be able to find the answers on the wiki, by talking with other people on the AguaClara team, and by exploring the pilot plant. Good luck!

1. Where is the pilot plant located? 
2. Draw the plant, showing where the water flows and describe what happens in the process?
3. What is the average flow rate of the plant? Where at the pilot plant can you find the exact flow rate?
4. What units do the Plant Operators use? And the Process Controller?
5. How many sedimentation tanks are there at the pilot plant?
6. What are lamella? What is their purpose?
7. What is the purpose of the weir in the third floccular channel?
8. How do you change the alum dose?
9. What does alum stock concentration refer to? Can we change this?
10. What is the name of a plant operator at the Cornell University Water Filtration Plant?
11. How do you clean the turbidimeters?
12. How do you use Process controller?
13. What do you need to do when the turbidimeters reads "DESC"?
14. What does it mean when the turbidimeters read a turbidity of 999?
15. How do you load a method file?
16. How do you add comments to a data file?
17. How do you change the configuration of the baffles in the flocculator?
18. How do you determine the optimum Alum dosage by inspection? Based on the PAC dosage?
19. How can you identify the flocculation is occurring?
20. How do you clean and drain the tank?
21. Why do you need to input the plant flow rate into the Process Controller? How do you do this?