"Plate Settler Spacing" Meeting Minutes

Spring 2009 Minutes

4.3.09

Accomplishments

• We successfully tests on the smallest diameter tubes
• We retrieved
• Made edits to the mathcad file to account for all of the flow rates and parameters we will vary
• Began data analysis

Metrics

• We recacluated our Vc equation, will put it up on wiki
• Determined the rate of floc blanket formation without the mesh

Outcomes

• We saw failure in the smallest diameter tubes at high flow rates and with teh tubes in the floc blanket
• We expect the larger tubes to preform better when placed in the floc blanket

Issues

• We are having some problems with process controller. We will be saving more often after changing proccess controller.

Any Overall Team Comments:We are working on research and updating the wiki page