Challenges for Spring 2009 Pilot Plant Team
Number of team members needed:
3 returning and 1-2 new members
Important team member skills:
- Familiarity with Aguaclara Project
- CEE 4540
Challenges
Floc Tank
- Team members should test consecutive alum doses in order to familiarize themselves with the tank and floc formation
- Compare uniform and non-uniform baffle configuration results from the flocculation tank with high incoming turbidity
Tube Flocculator
- Alter the tube flocculat set-up to minimize air trapped from joints and it has a more permanent location at the plant.
- Set up FReTA to be used with the tube flocculator
- Use FReTA to compare settling velocities at different points in the tube flocculator
- Compare raw water readings from the Pilot Plant FReTA with the laboratory results
Sed Tank
- Discover how much time it takes to form a sludge blanket.
- Can a sludge blanket form if the lamella are present? Can the lamella be designed differently so that this is possible?
- What is the best way to drain a sed tank so aas to cause the least amount of distrubance. How often would this need to occur?