Alexandra Cheng and Apoorv Gupta
Abstract
The Stock Tank Mixing team has been charged with the task of designing and fabricating a tool to effectively and efficiently mix stock solutions of coagulant and chlorine. Currently, operators in AguaClara plants utilize a long PVC pipe to mix stock solutions to achieve chemical dissolution, but this method is inefficient and limits the ability of operators to mix large stock tanks. Uniformly mixed stock solutions are required for flocculation and disinfection; this fact is the driving force for creating a mixer to aid the formation of flocs in raw water and improve plant efficiency.
