Floating Floc Fall 2009 Challenges

Subteam Leader:

Number of team members needed:

• 3-4 members

Important team member skills:

• Process Controller (can be trained)
• Microsoft Excel
• MathCAD

Challenges

• Confirm the cause of floating flocs by running experiments with the Plate Settler Team's apparatus. Two experiments have been planned to test whether bubbles form in the water and adhere to flocs or bubbles form directly on flocs. It is also possible that these mechanisms in combination are responsible for floating flocs.