For the first month of the semester, the unit processes dedicated their time to completing the design for the Marcala plant. I specifically worked on determining the baffle spacing for Flocculator Tank A. This took a bit more time than expected, as I made a few changes to the existing flocculation code. I also wrote up a detailed basis of design and completed the project with a drawing. I communicated with Fred or Monroe when I had questions and have sent Fred my final design. He made a few small modifications which I verified, and am in the process of updating my final drawing. Finally, I helped upload last semester's report detailing the design for the Marcala plant. I was responsible for the Flocculation Details portion of this report.
After completing the Marcala design, the Unit Processes team began to focus on their part of the Master Program. I wrote the Sedimentation Tank Design function of the UnitProcesses MathCad file. I updated the appropriate sections of the midterm report and thebasis of design to reflect my work. I have also begun to write the flocculator design function (of the UnitProcesses file), however since the theory behind this code is constantly changing, this function is not yet completely accurate. I will continue updating this to reflect our best current knowledge.