Tertiary Filtration Research and Development Project, University of California at Davis, CA Researcher
Between 1995 and 1999 Dr. Caliskaner conducted comprehensive research and pilot studies for tertiary filtration. His studies at the University of California at Davis mainly included the following:
- Studied the theory and principles of granular medium depth filtration.
- Developed a tertiary granular medium depth filtration model to predict the total suspended solids concentration as a function of filter media depth and filtration time. The main use of the model is to obtain the optimized filtration design and operational conditions: Maintain the required effluent quality objectives while minimizing backwash reject water and headloss development. The model was published in peer reviewed research and technology journals and used in several projects with success. The engineering significance of this study is that a practical filtration model was developed to predict the filter performance for different filtration conditions and under actual field conditions.
- Evaluated an innovative (compressible) depth media tertiary filtration technology for Title 22 unrestricted reuse application. As a result of this pilot filter study, the filtration technology was approved by the California Department of Public Health for designs with a filtration rate up to 30 gpm/ft2.