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- Make sure all connection is tight.
- Make sure that there is no clogging in the floc flocculator and pump tubes
- Get rid of bubbles in the flocculator tube
- Check the pump tube size (both pump and floc) and and the setting on the pump panel setup
- Check if the tube all goes in the correct direction, especially if you have made changes with the tube setup
- The data connectors connections are easily unplugged, so check them out!
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Major Components
- Computer with process controller installed
- Alum stock solution
- Clay stock solution
- 3 pumps - alum, raw water, and clay solution
- Influent and Effluent turbidimeter
- Elongated vertical flocculator
- Settling column (long glass tube)
- Pressure sensor
Stock preparation
| Amount of water (L) | Amount stock added (g) | Stock concentration | Unit | Liter | gram | (g/L) |
Clay | 11 | 22.2 | 2.02 | ||||
Alum | 11 | 16.5 | 1.5 | ||||
Humic acid1 |
| 0.375 3 | .5 mg/L 0.0035 |
1 Humic acid is added to the clay stock solution
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