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This fall we will be finalizing materials and design needed for the flocculator and then building it. We need to figure out whether enough water can be supplied in the Hollister B60 lab and find a way to control the flow through the flocculator. We also hope to find a way to measure residual turbidity.
Spring 2014 Contributions
This spring we will be continuing work with the turbulent flocculator. One of the first tasks we were hoping to accomplish is to try to get the air bubbles out of the flocculator. We will also be designing a SWaT system, or a settled water turbidity analysis system. The SWaT will consist of a tube sedimentation tank and a tube settler. The water will then either be analyzed with a turbidimeter or go to waste. Ultimately we hope to test floc breakup theory, to determine whether it is better to break up flocs or to let them grow.