Ryan Anthony, Elyssa Dixon, Zac Edwards
Abstract
Open ow occulators, like those currently used in AguaClara plants, increase in cost for lower ow rates (less than 5 L s ). AguaClara must be able to meet the need of a wide range of community sizes, so scaling the design for low ow plants is crucial. This report speci cally analyzes three dierent scenarios that use obstructions within a pipe to remove the geometric constraints that cause the errors found in the current designs. Two scenarios include placing semi-circular ba es (similar to those in open ow occulators) within the pipe and maintaining the spacing between and above the ba es or maintaining the area between and above the baf- es. The last scenario involves placing balls on a string through the center of a pipe. A table is provided within this report comparing critical values for these occulators for a 3 L/s plant. An initial comparison of the three options shows that the scenario that maintains area above and between ba es is the most eective with materials. However, discrepancies with calculations in the approach using balls as obstructions ultimately yields the results inconclusive.
