Pilot Plant Flocculator Goals
Fall 2008 Team Members
- Christine Barnett
- Julia Schoen
- Henry Zeng
Fall 2008 Goals
Resetting Tube Flocculator (9/4/08)
Become familiar with plant set-up and create semester goals (9/11/08)
Start up tube flocculator with vacuum pump (9/18/08)
- Repair leaks in the pilot plant system so that the plant can run in order to run tube flocculator.
Compare results from the uniform and non-uniform baffle configuration results from the flocculaiton tank (11/1/08)
Create floc profile for tube flocculator (9/26/08)
- The turbidity of the flocculator will be measured at various points along the flocculator.
- A profile similar to the one measured for the tapered flocculator will be made. Gtheta for maximum floc size will be determined.
Write Midterm Report (10/14/08)
Measure settling velocity of flocs in the tube flocculator with and without upflow (11/5/08)
- Construct settling columns. One will have an upflow velocity that is equivalent to the tanks upflow velocity. One will have still water.
- The settling columns will be used to determine how floc size and density affects the critical terminal velocity of the flocs.
Tapered Flocculation
- If time allows and alternative parameters for G and Gtheta are determined by the tube flocculator experiments, the Pilot Plant Team will investigate new baffle configurations for optimized flocculation .
Prepare final presentation and report (12/12/08)