STAGE ONE - ResearchThe relationship between the ratio of flow rates and pH
The lime feeder water flow rate required for the experiment was calculated with Mathcad. The analysis was made according with the dosage of lime, the operation time, water velocities, water pH and other variables, most of them were taken from the previous team report. The mathcad file with the results is as below.
<LINK> of mathCAD file
On this stage, the team also continued to search for other information including the cost of distilled water, lime properties (solubility with temperature), and Honduras' water regulation.
PROPERTIES OF LIME
Figure 1: Graph - Ratio of lime feeder flow rate to plant flow rate versus final ANC and pH