Experimental Method for Retrofit Designs

Once our team figured out the cause of the foam forming in AguaClara plants in operation in Honduras (put link citing causes), we set about designing retrofits for these plants. Our team came up with four different designs to test:
-the "pipe within the LFOM"
-the One of the contributing factors to air entrainment at the beginning of the water treatment process in AguaClara plants is the waterfall effect inside the LFOM. To minimize this waterfall effect the following retrofit designs were calculated and tested in lab:
-Pipe inside LFOM: A pipe of a small diameter would be placed within LFOM with about a few inches separation between
-vertical/inclined plane
-the "teacup" theory, using an overflowing bucket to catch the falling water
-a variation on the teacup theory, using a bucket with an orifice in the bottombucket with holes
-bucket with out holes

See the retrofit designs page for visuals of each theory.

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