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. After helping to create the skeleton functions, I filled in Sedimentation Tank Design function of the UnitProcesses MathCad file. I updated the appropriate sections of the midterm report and the basis 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.