Lilly Mendoza's Individual Contribution Page
Subteam: EStaRS
Fall 2015 Contributions
This semester the team was able to revise lab set-up, lab scale fixing to prevent leakage, and begin initial testing of new inlet system that replaced slotted pipes with orifices. Testing still continues to determine the new inlet systems effectiveness and whether revision is needed. Also, different methods are being used to determine if the bed is fluidized during backwash and new equipment was added to read turbidity and headloss.
Spring 2015 Contributions
While on the EStaRS system, I was working to solve conflicts associated with the cap blowing off during backwash, understand/use manometers to measure backwash efficiency, and to fabricate a new filter inlet design with orifices instead of slotted pipes.