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Small Scale Plant Testing (1 L/s Testing)
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Spring 2016
The AguaClara GSBR team has been researching ways to improve inoculation and granulation for aerobic granules. To do this, the team plans to explore the effect of certain parameters on granulation like types of inoculum or type of substrate by monitoring granulation in several reactors under different conditions. Future goals include testing GSBR resistance to high strength wastewater, pairing with the UASB team, and researching low-tech control and aeration.
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Fall 2016
The AguaClara Small Scale Plant Testing team researched how efficiently the newly built 1 liter per second plant performed. The plant was tested at ~100NTU, and produced effluent water < 1 NTU. After completing other tests with the same result, the team decided to ship the plant to Honduras for field testing in January of 2016. The plant was disassembled, packed, and shipped by mid-November. After shipment, the team worked on designing and fabricating a new flocculator for the plant, containing orifices instead of crimped sections. The new flocculator produced an adequate amount of head loss, so it will be brought to Honduras to include in field testing.
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Members Erica Marroquin: em628@cornell.edu Yang Pei: yp343@cornell.edu Alicia Barrientos: ab2649@cornell.edu Manuel Queijeiro: mq77@cornell | ||
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Members Amiel Middelmann: ahm225@cornell.edu Nisarg Gohil: nvg22@cornell.edu Victoria Zhang: vxz3@cornell.edu
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