Apoorv Gupta's Individual Contribution Page

Stock Tank Mixing Team

Spring 2014 Contributions

Stock Tank Mixing goals for this semester focused on re-designing the stock tank mixing system completely to achieve goal density efficiently. Three different designs were tested and all of them gave perfect results. A plate mixer and water injection system were developed and were found to be optimal out of the three designs. A combination of these two designs was highly effective in properly making and mixing stock solutions and have been provided to the team in Honduras for implementation. .

Pipeline Cooling goals included analyzing the heat transferred to influent water via raw water pipelines and researching possible solutions. One of the possible solutions was to use cool roof coating. We researched and found two products that would prove to be effective, but they are very expensive. The reason these products will not be used is that more research is required to actually understand the effect of temperature gradient on the sedimentation tank performance. Redesigning the plate settlers to be able to handle water circulation due to the warm influent water is also a possibility. 

Fall 2013 Contributions

This semester I will be working with Stock Tank Mixing Team. I am supposed to invest my time in finding an appropriate hydrometer that can measure the concentration of the stock and can easily be transported to Honduras. I am also supposed to work on the stock tank centrifugal pump which will ensure that the plant operator can prepare a homogeneous solution in the stock tank.  

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