Floating Floc Meeting Minutes

Fall 2008 Minutes

November 7, 2008

Accomplishments

• Worked on the model
• Talked with Monroe about modeling a hole in a pipe
• Received John's alkalinity test results
• Looked into finding papers on modeling a hole in a free flow vertical pipe
• Wrote and posted the minutes

Metrics

• Looked at differences in equations when its vertical flow and for turbulent flow
• Read papers on related topics but found nothing useful

Outcomes

• The beginnings of a model
• I have the data for the alkalinity

Issues

• Modeling the aeration process
• Designing a method to integrate the aeration into the current water treatment system
• Determining if alkalinity is a problem