MECANICA DE

FLUIDOS II

WALID GUILLERMO MOLINA BEODYA

&
YASSER SAID DE LA HOZ SIERRA
 Sedimentation
A batch settling test was carried out with a slurry of lime. The interphase between
the clear liquid and the suspend solids as a function of the time are shown in the
following table. The test used 236 g of lime per liter of slurry. Determine:
•a) profile of velocity versus concentration of solids.
b) The minimum area if the feed is 50 ton/h of dry solids and a slurry of 700 g/L
is
produced.
c) Depth of thickener (ρS=2090 kg/m3).
Table 1. Settling data of a lime slurry

Time(q, h) 0 0,25 0,5 1 1,75 3 4,75 12 20

Z (cm) 36 32,4 28,6 21 14,7 12,3 11,55 9,8 8,8

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Profile of velocity versus concentration of solids.

•behavior
The   givenofdata was adjusted next equation that describes the
them. It was obtained through graphs done using
a programming language in Matlab.

The equiation was derivated to have the velocity.

By combining them with the next two equitions we were able

to determine the concentration as follows.

Figure 1. Speed vs. Concentration profiles

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 The minimum area if the feed is 50 ton/h of dry solids
and a slurry of 700 g/L is produced.
•bisesion
This  was angle
determined by finding the critical point with the
that was found by drawing tangent lines in the
graph as follows.
The bisection angle given has a value of 50,414°.
This intersection of the green line and the curve is known as
the critical point, knowing it we can have the height in the
critical zone

Then, we can find the critical time by using solver.

tc = 2,98h
Figure 2. Tangent lines and bisection angle calculation

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 The minimum area if the feed is 50 ton/h of dry solids
and a slurry of 700 g/L is produced.
•line  wethiscancritical
With time and the equation of the green tangent
find the time in the critical zone tu.

Having these values the tu is determined

This time allows us to have the minimum feeding area and

therefore the diameter of the tank.

Figure 2. Tangent lines and bisection angle calculation

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 Depth of thickener
•   height will be determined from the following equation:
The

Where;
Is determined the critical time in the compression zone tco and the time where the desired concentration is
reached.
To find the time in the compression zone, the following procedure is implemented.
• A time graph is made versus ln((z-zinf)/(zo-zinf))
• Look for a trend or linear behavior when making the graph, giving values to the Z inf term.
• Once this graph is obtained, two fundamental parameters are obtained. A kinetic constant for the system (k)
and a Zinf consisting of the height of the compression zone in an infinite time. These parameters are represented
by the following equation: 

With the given data and following the procedure we found.

tco=0,601h and tf=7,29h
Having this times we can find Vs and VL, Vs is easy to find by just replacing values and VL is used Simpson’s law to
calculate the integral.
Vs=106,06m3 ; VL=863,73m3 and Vc=703,67m3
And finally, HT=2,37m

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Bibliografía

• W. C. M. A. Foust, Principio de operaciones unitarias, 2006.

• J. Perez, «Mechanical separations; sedimentation,» 2021.