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The sedimentation rate velocity and the residual turbidity of flocculated suspension are important properties in a flocculator. The Spring 2009 team evaluated quantitatively the effect of shear velocity on these parameters. To do so, they used the flocculation residual turbidity meter (FRETA) developed by the AguaClara team and a data processor (MathCAD file) to analyze these parameters automatically.
Our goal for these first experiments was to familiarize ourselves with the apparatus and the data processor (MathCAD file) made by the previous team (Spring 2009) and to try to replicate one of their last experiments to make sure that the apparatus and the MathCAD file were working properly.
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