Influência da porosidade do leito e do diâmetro das fibras na eficiência da filtração com filtro de fibras flexíveis aplicado ao tratamento de água

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Palavra-chave: tratamento de água para abastecimento; filtração; filtro de fibras flexíveis; poliamida; fundo de filtro. ABSTRACT de SÁ, A.B.C. (2016) Influence of the porosity and diameter of the fibers in filtration efficiency with flexible fibers filter applied to water treatment. 2016.132p. Dissertation (Master's Degree). Engineering School of São Carlos, University of São Paulo. The flexible fiber filters are direct filtration module, made of microfibers filter media. They are operated with high filtration rates ensuring high solids removal efficiency. This study evaluated the influence of diameters of fibers, porosity and filtration rates in the clarification efficiency of synthetic water. Three filters have been constructed with internal diameter of 28 mm and porosity of 84%, each with a filter medium of 100 cm length and fiber diameter of 0.03, 0.11 and 0.32 mm, and a filter of the same diameter and length, comprises fibers of 0.03 mm and porosity of 93%. The water distribution at the filter inlet was composed by four peripheral holes of 3.5 mm and a central hole of 8 mm (filter bottom Type 1-F Type1). That same input was used for water and air distribution in the wash. In a second step, was evaluated other water distribution in the filter inlet, with only four peripheral holes (filter bottom Type 2-F Type2). In this new filter configuration were evaluated 0.03 mm fiber filters with two porosity values: 84% and 93%. The synthetic water had turbidity of 9.51 ± 0.22 NTU and apparent color of 86.4 ± 4.5 uC. The coagulation was performed in-line with aluminum sulfate at a dosage of 22.5 mg.L-1. In all three filters were evaluated three filtration rates: 60, 80 and 100 m / h and fixed the limits of the filtered water turbidity of 0.5 and 2.0 NTU at the end of the career filter. The water distribution in the filter inlet proved to be extremely important for the proper functioning of the same, because, depending on your configuration, entanglements can occur, compromising the color and turbidity removal efficiency. The bottom filter F Type1 presented a satisfactory quality for the fiber filter diameter 0.11 mm, producing filtered water with turbidity below 2.0 NTU. The filter of 0.03 mm diameter fibers could produce water quality within the limit in some tests, however there was no repeatability due to entanglement occurred in the bed. Other way, the 0.32 mm diameter fiber filter has not reached satisfactory turbidity. The two fibers filters F Type2 and porosity 93% and 84%, respectively, were able to achieve values imposed to the turbidity of the filtered water in all studied rates (60, 80 and 100 m.h-1), except 93% porosity filter witch not reached the minimum turbidity of 0.5 NTU when operated a 100 m.h-1 rate. At the end was estimated the volumes of the filtered water produced within one day (24h) for each filter that has reached the limits of predetermined turbidity. Among the variations tested F Type1 and F Type2 , can be concluded that the daily water volume produced increases with the filtration rate inc...