Team Members
- Kellie Kress
- Shaina Khan
- Christine Barnett
- Julia Schoen
Immediate Tasks
- Caulk Pipe
- Caps - need ½ diameter caps
- Resetting Tube Flocculator- find configuration that does not pinch tube
Tube Flocculator
Create floc profile for tube flocculator (9/26/08)
- 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)
- Construct settling columns. One will have an upflow velocity that is equivalent to the tanks upflow velocity. One will have still water.
- The settling columns will be used to determine how floc size and density affects the critical terminal velocity of the flocs.
Sedimentation Tank
Construct new weirs for the plant leveling tank that allow for parallel tanks to run at flow of 100, 120 and 70 m/day. (9/19/08)
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An overall goal of the sed tank is to determine if it's a good to have a sludge blanket and to determine the restricting parameters for sedimention tanks. i.e. minimum lamella spacing, minimum depth for blanket and minimum lamella length.
Tapered Flocculation
If time allows and alternative parameters for G and Gtheta are determined by the tube flocculator experiments, the Pilot Plant Team will investigate new baffle configurations for optimized flocculation .