Diseño y Construcción de un Sistema de Ablandamiento para el Tratamiento del Agua de las Cisternas de la Facultad de Ciencias - ESPOCH

Abstract

The design and construction of a softening system for the treatment of water in the cisterns of the Faculty of Sciences-ESPOCH, is proposed for water of high hardness, since at present the hard water and consequently the equipment built of steel does not support the incrustations that are formed causing inconveniences to the professors and therefore to the students. For the design and construction of the same, the type of Analytical Methodology was applied to the water to be used, as well as the resin that is raw material for the filter, in addition to cation exchange and absorption analysis in experimental glass column to then make a scaling for the flow that is used in the laboratory of the Faculty of Sciences obtaining the measurements for the softener. As results of the studies carried out with the softener we have obtained a soft water, that is to say, the hardness of the water is less than 300 mg/L and when passing through the filtering bed we obtain a water of 125 mg/L, being a water that will cause minimum incrustations and will increase the useful life of the equipment. We can conclude by saying that the softener will not only prevent damage to the different equipment in the laboratories (built in steel) but will also supply distilled water to the Faculty, thus avoiding inconveniences in the realization of the practices. It is recommended that the authorities of the Faculty of Sciences give preventive maintenance to this equipment and even they can use this project to apply in other cisterns either inside or outside the premises of the Institution since it is a low cost equipment but great in benefits.