Shreya Jain, Tanya Peifer, Nadia Shebaro, and Luke Zhu
Abstract:
Over the summer of 2014, the laminar tube flocculation team has worked to test AguaClara's new residual turbidity monitoring system, SWaT, as compared with prior teams that used FReTA. The group has also implemented PID control for the laminar tube flocculator to regulate the amount of clay added to the system. In order to achieve these goals, the laminar tubing system was simplified and reconfigured to eliminate the feedback loop with the turbidimeter. The team plans to continue optimizing the system and confirming the self regulating controls were working before starting experiments using varying dosages of coagulant.
