Demo Plant, Summer 2012

Susan Chen, Owen Guldner, Diana Kelterborn

Abstract:

Abstract
The Demonstration Plant (Demo Plant) is an important educational tool to explain and publicize AguaClara technologies. In the Spring of 2012, a new Demo Plant was constructed, tested, and documented which included the two latest AguaClara technologies, a chemical doser and a stacked rapid sand flter (SRSF), as well as the older flocculator and sedimentation tank. However there were still problems with the overall plant layout, the chemical doser, and the SRSF, all of which were dealt with this summer. We completely revised the demo plant structure and system; the SRSF now can completely backwash all four layers, the chemical doser is labeled to include coagulant concentrations, and the overall plant is streamlined for transport and assembly.

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