Christopher Galantino and Andrew Kang
Abstract:
The High Rate Sedimentation team designed, fabricated, and experimented on various sedimentation designs with an upflow velocity of 3 mm/s while maintaining a efficient effluent turbidity and reducing cost and space. Working off where the Spring 2017 team left off, the HRS team continued to research the effects of floc blanket height, tube settler length, varying geometries, and the size-driven floc blanket formation hypothesis. The HRS team concluded that the height of floc blanket may not provide better performance, as originally thought. Also, it has been concluded that the Trapezoidal geometry is not necessary, but provided insight on the behavior of floc on bends.
