THESIS PROYECT REVIEW

wastewater, in this case a effluent from

1. SUMMARY a UASB reactor.

The present investigation consists in 4. VARIABLES

carrying out the treatment of the effluent
of the UASB reactor through slow filters.
For this we will use two lithological
materials: anthracite and zeolite. These
lithological materials have adsorption
and absorption properties that allow to
retain microscopic particles, so a
comparison between these two
materials will be made and the efficiency
of each of these materials will be shown.
2. OBJECTIVES
4.1. V. INDEPENDENT
• Granulometry of the filter
material: zeolite and anthracite.
• Filtration rate.
4.2. V. DEPENDENT
• Efficiency of removal of fecal
coliforms, SST, DBO5 y turbidity.
• Oxygen dissolved in the effluent.

2.1. OVERALL OBJECTIVE 4.3. VARIABLE INTERVINCE

Comparison and determination of • Wastewater temperature.

efficiencies of two slow filters using • Temperature of enviromental.
zeolite and anthracite as filter media for • Ph of wastewater.
the effluent treatment of a UASB reactor.
5. PROJECT SCHEME
2.2. SPECIFIC GOAL

• Determine the concentration of

biochemical oxygen demand,
total suspended solids, fecal CONTAINER
coliforms, temperature, turbidity, 600L
dissolved oxygen and hydrogen
potential in wastewater, before
and after treatment in both slow
filters.
• Determine the removal efficiency
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of the parameters analyzed for

slow zeolite and anthracite FILTERED
filters. WATER IS
• Analyze the behavior of zeolite PASSED TO
and anthracite as filter media for LABORATORY
the effluent treatment of a UASB ANALYSIS
reactor.

3. HYPOTHESIS

The slow zeolite filter will achieve CONTAINER CONTAINER WITH

greater removal compared to the slow
WITH ANTRACITA ZEOLITA
anthracite filter, because the porosity of
the zeolite is greater than that of the
anthracite, which allows it to have
greater efficiency in the treatment of