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This spring we will be continuing work with the turbulent flocculator. One of the first tasks we were hoping to accomplish is to try to get the air bubbles out of the flocculator. We will also be designing a SWaT system, or a settled water turbidity analysis system. The SWaT will consist of a tube sedimentation tank and a tube settler. The water will then either be analyzed with a turbidimeter or go to waste. Ultimately we hope to test floc breakup theory, to determine whether it is better to break up flocs or to let them grow.
Fall 2014 Contributions
This fall we will be working on updating the turbulent tube flocculator apparatus and process controller file. We hope to run experiments with a variety of coagulant doses that are similar to the doses that were used by the laminar tube floc team in previous semesters.