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UASB Research Task Map Spring 2019 #116

Open cjmsmith opened 5 years ago

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Logistical Issues: -UASB Literature -Lab Safety training -Get any remaining software downloaded/Python tutorial -Get Sludge Blanket Granuales (email Ruth Richardson on Monday, 2/4, arrange to get sludge granules before February break)

UASB Tasks for the Semester: Inlet Design

  1. Finalize design to distribute wastewater evenly to each inlet pipe. Our tipping bucket and inlet design have been completely sketched out; decide on what materials to use on Sunday 2/10.
    a) right now we have designed a four-pipe system
  2. Start fabrication of inlet/tipping bucket system on Tuesday, February 12th.
  3. Test tipping bucket to make sure water is being evenly distributed between the four inlet pipes.
  4. Attach UASB to C-NARC pump, start running tests a) re-run tapioca tests with red dye b) while tapioca is not a wonderful substitute for sludge blanket, it will allow us to see the dyed water flowing through the system
  5. If our current design is not working, re-fabricate and test again. We want to find a suitable system ASAP so that UASB Design can have a model to fabricate the test UASB reactor down at the Ithaca Wastewater Plant. Their goal is to have their model finished by June, so we want to work quickly and efficiently.
  6. Once a suitable inlet design is completed, run tests with sludge granules.

If all goes well, this will be completed by Mid-March

Other goals, will depend on when during the semester we finish the inlet design:

  1. Fabricate and run tests with a proper effluent pipe; Monroe has given us a lot of good insight on how it should work, and it should (theoretically) not take much time to perfect.
  2. Deciding on Pulse Flow vs Continuous Flow (we are leaning toward the latter; UASB Design will probably focus on this more than UASB Research)
  3. Colloborate with UASB Design to see if there are any components of the reactor they would like us test in the lab.