Michael Skyler Erickson's Individual Contribution Page
Subteam: Foam Filtration/EStaRS (Fall 2014)
Spring 2015 Contributions
I lead the overall team this semester, advised the FInE team, and worked on the EStaRS team. The FInE team sought to provide a solution to the filter inlet and extraction system, and I worked to make sure the team members understood the different constraints that shaped both the inlet and outlet system, as well as provided guidance for how to construct and operate the model to test their new inlet and outlet designs. On the EStaRS system, I was working to understand issues associated with the cap blowing off during backwash, to develop the use of manometers to measure backwash efficiency, and to fabricate a new filter inlet design with orifices instead of slotted pipes.
Fall 2014 Contributions
This semester I am co-leading the overall team and working on the EStaRS subteam. On the EStaRS team we hope to create a recycle system that will allow us to run the filter through both filtration and backwash cycles. By the end of the semester we should have information about our filter performance and backwash efficiency across a range of turbidity and influent water conditions. I hope to work specifically on design improvements that can be made to the system as a whole.
Summer 2014 Contributions
I lead the overall team and also work on the foam filtration subteam. This summer we hope to fully install the Chemical Dose Controller, provide further improvements to the compression system, and also send a fully functioning prototype to Honduras in July. In addition, we hope to gather much needed data from Honduras about the foam's life cycle.
Spring 2014 Contributions
This semester we created a full demo unit system for the lab. I worked primarily on the structural part of our compression unit in order to give us rapid compressiona light weight and stable method to effectively clean the foam. I am excited to see the unit tested in the lab over the summer and also to see a prototype in Honduras!
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