CARACTERIZACIÓN Y MODELACIÓN DEL COMPORTAMIENTO HIDRÁULICO DE UN REACTOR UASB
CARACTERIZACIÓN Y MODELACIÓN DEL COMPORTAMIENTO HIDRÁULICO DE UN REACTOR UASB
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RESUMEN
La tasa de conversión de la materia orgánica en un biorreactor depende principalmente de dos factores: la actividad biológica y la hidráulica del reactor (Peña-Varón, Mara y Avella-Rodríguez, 2006). Por lo anterior, es necesario conocer el comportamiento hidráulico de los sistemas de tratamiento usando sustancias trazadoras a fin de determinar el comportamiento del flujo: pistón, mezcla completa, dispersión; existencia de zonas muertas, corto-circuitos, flujos advectivos y el tiempo de retención hidráulico real. El objetivo de este artículo es modelar el comportamiento hidráulico de un sistema UASB-Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (en español RAFA-reactor anaerobio de flujo ascendente), por medio de una prueba de trazadores utilizando Rodamina WT a través de la técnica estímulo-respuesta, los modelos para flujo no ideal que se utilizaron son modelo de tanques en serie y modelo de dispersión. Con ello se determinó que el sistema UASB en estudio tiene un comportamiento de un reactor completamente mezclado con presencia de cortocircuitos y zonas muertas.
ABSTRACT
The conversion rate of organic matter in a bioreactor depends on two main factors: the reactor’s biological and hydraulic activity (Peña-Varón, Mara & Avella-Rodríguez, 2006). It is therefore necessary to understand treatment systems’ hydraulic behavior by using tracer substances in order to determine flow behavior: piston, complete mix, dispersion; the existence of dead zones, short circuits, advective flows, and real hydraulic retention time. The goal of this article is to model the hydraulic behavior of a UASB (Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket) system through a tracer test using rhodamine WT and the stimulus-response technique. The non-ideal flow models used were the tanks in series model and the dispersion model. We thereby determined that the UASB system being studied showed the behavior of a completely mixed reactor with short circuits and dead zones.
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