Michael Skyler Erickson's Individual Contribution Page

Fall 2013 Contributions

Subteam: Foam Filtration

Our goal this semester is to improve the design of the Foam Filtration system so that it can be implemented on a larger scale for small communities. We plan to develop a method for a plant operator to easily sponge clean the foam, to research the lifetime of the foam and understand how the foam's lifetime will correlate with different water turbidities, and also to add a chemical doser to the current system for the coagulent and chlorine.

Thus far this semester, we have determined that the foam is economically feasible from a mechanical perspective.  The foam did not fail after repetitive plunging, and it is safe to say that the foam ripping or failing to produce clean water will not be there reason that foam filtration is not feasible.  We still need to investigate what the best size of foam is going to be, and what the best way to house and clean this system will be.