Table 1.

CÁLCULOS PARA EL DISEÑO DE UNA TORRE DE AIREACIÓN

Parameters Convention Unit Value

Q L/s 2.5
Flow rate
Flow Q m3/d 216

Flowrate Qt m3/s 0.0025

hydraulic load So m^3/m^2*d 1000

Number of trays n - 3.408

Number of trays
n - 4.0
adopted

Gravitational constant g m/s^2 9.810

Discharge Coefficient Cd - 0.6

Tray Area A m^2 0.216

Tray Side Length m 0.465

Tray Side Length

m 0.50
adopted
m 0.012

Slot diameter Do cm 1.20

in 0.472

Distance between
ho m 0.100
slots
Number of slots per
No 5.00
line adopted

Number of slot Ns - 25.1

Total number of slot

25
adopted

Total flow per slot Qs m^3/s 9.97.E-05

Slot area Ao m^2 1.13.E-04

Water Height h m 0.110

m^3/s 2.49.E-03

Total flow
L/s 2.5

Coal coke height Hc m

Total height H m 2.6

Fe affluent
Co mg/L 0.300
concentration

Fe effluent
Cn mg/L 0.100
concentration
Real Fe effluent
Cn2 mg/L 0.083
concentration

Constant K - 0.140

Base height B m 0.800

Separation between hb m 0.200

tray

Inclination Angle θ Unit 45

Angle in radians θ Unit 0.785

Axial distance x m 0.2

Superficial side length L m 0.900

Superficial Area Asp m^2 0.810

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Comments

Given by engineer Roberto Balda.

Flow was converted.

Flow was converted.

Assumed value range of 500-1500 from literature.

(Villegas, 2005)

�_𝑒=�_0* 〖 10 〗 ^(−𝑘∗
�)

Taken from the literature

Taken from the literature

A=Qt/So

√A

Commercial drill diameter

Assumed.
Tray Side Length adopted / Distance between slots

Ns=Qt/Qs

Number of slots per line adopted^2

Qs=Cd*Ao*√2gh

A=π (�^2)/4 Calculated by the diameter of the drill

bit _x000D_

Assumed.

Qs*Total number of slots

H=Base height+(Tray height*4)+(Distance between

trays*3)

Assumed from resolution 2115/07.

Assumed.
Assumed (0.12 to 0.16) taken from the book water
acupurificacion romero.

Assumed.

Given by engineer Roberto Balda.

Assumed.

x= Hb/tan θ

2x+l

L*L
 Table 2.Trays dimensions

Length (m) Width (m) Height (m)

0.465 0.465 0.3