Demo Plant

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Design & Construction

Overview

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The Demo Plant

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Stuff about how the pieces fit together and what they do here.

(picture of whole demo plant here)

Spring 2008 Demo Plant Design and Construction

consists of three main parts:

1. The Flow Control Module (FCM), which utilizes gravity and head loss to control the flow rates of dirty water, modeled by kaolin clay suspension, and aluminum sulfate solution ("Alum" for short) through the rest of the plant.
2. The Flocculator, which induces mixing, or flocculation, of clay and alum particles to form large particles called flocs.
3. The Sedimentation Tank, in which the flow rate is slower than that of the rest of the plant, allowing the flocs created in the flocculator to settle out of the water, collecting in the bottom of the tank.

The picture below shows all three parts of the Fall 2007 Demo Plant. Please click on the thumbnail for a larger version of the picture.
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Summer 2007 Design and Construction

• Flocculator
• Sedimentation Tank

Spring 2008 Design and Construction

The Spring 2008 Demo Plant Team redesigned and constructed the Demo Plant, in order to address problems that were identified after the previous Demo Plant was built. The new demo plant is shown in the image below.

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For details on For more information about the design and construction of the demo plant Demo Plant built in Spring 2008, please see visit the following pages detailing the process for each part of the plant:

• Flow Control Module Design and Construction
• Flocculator Design and Construction
• Sedimentation Tank Design and Construction