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Spring 2012 Contributions
The direction of this semester's research has been to simulate real life performance of AguaClara tanks. We began by constructing a bottom geometry that represented the retrofit of the Marcala facility over winter break. After testing, we concluded that under the appropriate conditions, the retrofit can produce a reliable floc blanket. The next set of experiments focused on floc hopper design; where the width, height and angle of incline were all varied. We also have interest in seeding our sedimentation tanks in order to decrease floc blanket formation time. This would conceivably have a tremendous impact on facilities that have a relatively low influent turbidities.