Design Team Quiz

Ideas:

• Must know the different elements of the plant
  • i.e., It's composed of an entrance tank, flocculator, etc.
• Example problem:
  • Given a flow rate and other/different design assumptions, the person must design a plant
  • Tests their knowledge of where things are located in the program and where those changes need to be made

1. Describe the processes occurring in the entrance tank, vertical flocculator and sedimentation tank.

2. Describe the major design criteria that should be considered in the design of the sedimentation slopes. Also what benefits do the slopes have over the original design of inlet pipes.

3. Why were the slopes changed from triangles to trapezoids?

4. Why does the exit channel switch sides of the tank? and when both channels are on the same side of the tank which one is closer to the wall?

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