Floating Flocs Meeting Minutes

Spring 2009 Minutes

April 24, 2009

Working Group: Sand Filter

Accomplishments

• Improved the setup by using larger tubing in order to accomodate the higher flow rates
• Implemented the aeration apparatus (bubble chamber) to supersaturate the water entering the sand filter column; automated the setup again

Metrics

• Ran the experiment with Sand40 again at the different expansion levels
• Measured the actual flow rate coming out of the bubble collector for each run
• Performed a sugar test for each run

Outcomes

Issues