"Floating Floc" Meeting Minutes
Spring 2009 Minutes
"6.12.2009"
Accomplishments
- Team members: Tanya, Shaina, Adela
- Set up the experiment and testing apparatus
- Re-routed the system
- Wrote the code for the Process Controller methods and debugged the system
- Calibrated the sensors and water level
- Identified logistics and meeting times for the team
From Wednesday:
- Chose a team leader: Tanya
- Reviewed sand filter theory and experimental setup
- Reviewed process controller basics
- Revewied summer expectations:
Determined experimental parameters for measuring air removal and discussed experiments
Parameters:
- Bed depth (quantity of sand)
- Dissolved air concentration
- Grain size / porosity
- Upflow velocity / bed expansion
Experiments:
- Varying bed depth with other parameters held constant
- Varying dissolved air concentration with all other parameters held constant
- Varying bed expansion with other parameters held constant
- Trying to measure dissolved oxygen and correlate it with results from the bubble collector
Tasks:
- Develop a MathCAD based upon experimental results
Goals for upcoming week
- Write Detailed Task List and Research Proposal
- Make sure that the setup system works properly
- Continue debugging Process Controller methods
- Try to run experiments