Sidney Lok's Individual Contribution Page
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Spring 2016 Contributions
This semester I am working with the High Rate Sedimentation sub team to reduce the residence time of water in current AguaClara plants. We are, specifically, experimenting with plate settler geometries. We will be building a new testing apparatus and running experiments with continuous and porous plate settlers. We will also be combining our experiments on plate settler geometries with floc blanket research.
Fall 2015 Contributions
In Fall 2015, I am worked with the Foam Filter Cleaning sub team to build a new testing apparatus, design a new testing method, and optimize filter cleaning efficiency for foam filter plants. We will be working to improve the plunge method and possibly create new cleaning methods worked to experiment with cleaning velocities and optimize foam filtration performance so that foam filter plants can be more widely used in small communities and clean drinking water can be more easily readily available to people without access to it.