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Later this semester, we would like to further investigate a few different methods of achieving our goal of 1 NTU effluent turbidity, as outlined below.
Flat Foam Sheet Experiments with
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flocculated particles
Currently, we are testing the filtering capacity of foam under the worst case lab conditions, which consists of filtering water containing unflocculated clay particles. This is not a realistic condition, and we would like to test the filtering capacity of the foam under conditions that are more reflective of conditions in an AguaClara plant. This involves adding alum and tube flocculation to our system, in order to produce larger particles, which will then lead to, hopefully, higher levels of colloid removal.
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