Enclosed Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration (EStaRS) - Spring 2017

Anna Doyle, Juan Guzman, Lilly Mendoza, Felix Yang

Abstract:

The Low Flow Stacked Rapid Sand Filter (LFSRSF) team was originally tasked with building a small, stan-alone sand filter to be implemented in communities in India. This semester the Enclosed Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration (EStaRS) team fabricated a new filter based on the design the Fall 2016 team created. The new design modifies the original LFSRSF; the filter column itself is shorter, the manifolds are sized differently, and the entrance and exit plumbing is now rigid PVC instead of flexible PVC. Next semester, the new EStaRS filter will be connected to the 1 L/s plant that has been built in the lab.

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