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In Spring 2008, the team went "back to basics" to redesign the demo plant, and to characterize the performance of the demo plant without introducing obstacles. Aside from the plant to be built for demonstration only, the team also built a plant for experimentation. It is hoped that the results of the performance tests will shed some light on the limitations of the plant and thus help explain the results of the experiments done last semester.
Fall 2007 Experiments
- Introducing Obstacles
The Demo Plant team experimented with introducing obstacles into the flocculator. The detailed descriptions and results of these experiments can be found in this Fall 2007 report.
Spring 2008 Experiments
- Determining Flocculation Efficiency
In order to redesign the Demo Plant, the team needed to determine the flocculation efficiency factor, which accounts for the fact that not every collision between particles sticks.
- Performance Tests
Experiments were performed on the new plant to characterize its performance. The detailed description and results of the experiments can be found in this section.
Fall 2007 Experiments
- Introducing Obstacles
The Demo Plant team experimented with introducing obstacles into the flocculator. The detailed descriptions and results of these experiments can be found in this Fall 2007 report.
General Demo Plant Instructions
- Process Controller Instructions
Instructions on how to set up the process controller program for lab set up of the demo plant