Fall 2010 Research

The following documents summarize the work coompleted during the Fall 2010 semester:

• Fall 2010 Challenges for the Tube Floc Team
  -Lists and some guidelines/plans for the goals and challenges the team hopes to reach during the Fall semester 2010.
  
• Fall 2010 Tube Floc Reflection Report 1 provides details on our initial work during the semester to identify problems with FReTA and troubleshoot them, as well as finalizing our task list for the semester.
  
• Fall 2010 Tube Floc Reflection Report 2 provides details on the adjustments made on the Process Controller states ramp down and ball valve close based on the readings of the pressure sensor.
  
• Fall 2010 Tube Floc Reflection Report 3 provides details on trial experiment ran with the acrylic settling column. Finalization of pressure sensor test is also described.
  
• Fall 2010 Tube Floc Reflection Report 4 provides details on the process of updating Data Processor and the experiments for 5, 15, and 50 NTU influent turbidity for the study of rapid flocculation.
  
• Fall 2010 Tube Floc Reflection Report 5 provides the details of our experiments using PAC as a coagulant and compares its performance with that of alum.
  
• Fall 2010 Final Report summarizes our final results for the semester and details tasks for future teams.