Formulación ecohidráulica para evaluar la capacidad de autodepuración de ríos de montaña
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Date
2018
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Editorial Lasallista.
Abstract
Introduction. Although Colombia has
been recognized as a country of high
biodiversity, it has limited studies about
the interaction of biological variables with
water bodies hydrodynamics of strategic
ecosystems such as mountain rivers.
Mathematical modeling has been widely
used worldwide in order to understand
rivers auto-purification dynamics.
Objective. Formulate a mathematical
model that couples biological and hydraulic variables to assess selfpurification capacity of mountain rivers.
Materials and Methods. An ecohydraulic model is formulated based on
the leaf litter retention and conservative
dye tracer techniques. The formulation
is validated using field measurements in
a mountain river. It is presumed that the
travel time estimated by the conservative
dye tracer method can be used for the
litter retention.Results. An eco-hydraulic
formulation is obtained that would allow
to know the hydrodynamics of the water
body through variables such as flow,
flow velocity and travel time in order
to evaluate the river capacity to retain
and degrade organic matter by action
microorganisms (auto-purification).
Conclusion. The integration of the
experimental hydraulic travel time to
a biological retentivity model makes
possible to comprehensively evaluate
the real auto-purification dynamics of a
mountain river given for specific spatial
and temporal hydrodynamic conditions.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, Modelos matemáticos, Ecosistemas acuáticos, Ecosistemas, Tratamiento de aguas
Citation
Revista Producción + Limpia -Vol. 13 No 2 - 2018