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Pilot Plant Flocculator Goals

Fall 2008 Team Members

• Christine Barnett
• Julia Schoen
• Henry Zeng

Fall 2008 Goals

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Immediate Tasks

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Resetting Tube Flocculator (9/4/08)

Become familiar with plant set-up and create semester goals (9/11/08)

Start up tube flocculator with vacuum pump (9/19/08)

• Repair leaks in the pilot plant system so that the plant can run in order to run tube flocculator.

Write Midterm Report (10/21/08)

Compare results from the uniform and non-uniform baffle configuration results from the flocculation tank (11/12/08)

• Baffles had to be reconifgured to the correct arrangement.
• Correct spacing between the baffles had to be determined.- find configuration that does not pinch tube

Create floc profile for tube flocculator (911/2620/08)

• The turbidity of the flocculator will be measured at various points along the flocculator.
• A profile similar to the one measured for the tapered flocculator will be made. Gtheta for maximum floc size will be determined.

Measure settling velocity with and without upflow (10/24/08)

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of flocs in the tube flocculator with FRETA (12/1/08)

• Compare laboratory results with raw water readings from the Pilot Plant using FRETA.

Prepare final presentation and report (12/12/08)

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