Floating Floc Fall 2009 Challenges

Subteam Leader:

Number of team members needed:

• 3-4 members

Important team member skills:

• Process Controller (can be trained)
• Microsoft Excel
• MathCAD

Challenges

• Confirm the cause of the floating floc problem by running experiments with the Plate Settler Team's apparatus. Two experiments have been planned in order to test whether the cause of the floating floc problem is bubbles adhering to flocs or whether bubbles form on flocs and lift them to the surface. It is also possible that both of these mechanisms are responsible for floating floc.