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For the Fall 2008 semester, I am a part of the Flocculation group of the Pilot Plant Team. Within the Flocculation sub-group, I have been working on both the Tube Flocculator and the Uniform Vertical Flow Hydraulic Flocculator. The members of the Pilot Plant Flocculation sub-team are Julia Schoen, Christine Barnett and I. In the beginning of the semester, the main functions objectives of the Pilot Plant Flocculation sub-team were setting up and orientating ourselves about the mechanisms of the Pilot Plant. One major delay was caused by a leak in the sedimentation tank, which was only fixed in mid-October. Once the leak in the sedimentation tank was repaired, we were able to continue our experiments.
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