Diseño y construcción de un sistema de tratamiento de agua, utilizada en la ESPOCH para uso de los equipos del laboratorio de procesos industriales

Abstract

A water treatment system was designed and built for the industrial process laboratory equipment to prevent corrosion of the boiler and other equipment in the laboratory. Firstly, the characterization of the well water was carried out, with the most important result being its hardness, which was 650 ppm, based on which the treatability tests were carried out, allowing the hardness to be eliminated. The results of these tests indicate that softening equipment using strong acid cation exchange resin should be used. The water treatment system consists of an 1100 L raw water storage tank, an 1100 L raw water storage tank, a wire filter for suspended solids, a brine tank and a 2 ft3 softening column, two 780 L soft water storage tanks and a 780 L distribution tank. Finally, distribution to the equipment will be done by means of a 0.5 hp pump. When the well water was treated with a strong acid cation exchange resin, its hardness was eliminated. It is recommended to test the dissolved oxygen content of the water to be treated and if this value is outside the recommended limits, an oxygen scavenger should be used to prevent it from affecting the useful life of the laboratory equipment.