Plate Settler Spacing Meeting Minutes

Summer 2009 Minutes

6.17.2009

Working Group: Rachel Philipson, Michael Brancato, Maura Carroll, Zak Romeo, Alex Duncan

Accomplishments

• Collected and analyzed data from first experiment
• Planned out experiment to collect data for a range of capture velocities with both over- and under- Alum dosing
• Set up webcam to get a clear picture of the plate settler during experiments

Issues

• Floc hopper clogged during first experiment, had to clean it out
• Interfered with the collection of data for first experiment: had to run it a second time

Goals for upcoming week

• Run first experiment again to see if there is a persisting problem with the floc hopper
• Run second experiment with varying capture velocities and alum dosage and begin to analyze data