Floc Sed Optimization Team

Our research focuses on evaluating the current system and reducing unnecessary water waste, chemical use, and construction costs associated with the flocculator and sedimentation tank. This optimization process would essentially reduce the size of the system and ultimately reduce the cost of building an AguaClara designed water treatment plant. Experimentation for this group will be guided by a cost analysis of these two major features and parameters such as flocculator length, recycle flow rate ratio, sedimentation upflow velocity and capture velocity will be reevaluated.

Current & Future Research

Summary and links to relevant resources.

Team Members

Marion Alberty
Ju Khuan Pan
Kester Wilkening

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Challenges

Tasks

Teach-In

Presentation

Final Report

Spring '12

 

 

 

Past Research

None.