I am trying to model the amount of CO2 vs mineral acid (HCl, H2SO4) needed to acidify water with various alkalinity conditions. It would be helpful if I can get some suggestions on the softwares I can use for this.
I do not know what your goal is with it? If you want to work out a computer model for ARDS (COVID-19) (quasi permissive hypercapnia), you should consider pCO2 levels to an exaggerated extent, because other acids cannot go into the cytosol for hours! (H + can cross membranes very slowly).
Dear Paul Milham : The objective is to calculate the amount of CO2 and mineral acid needed to reduce the pH of water. This reference provides equations for scenarios in which alkalinity can be ignored:
To reduce pH from 8 to 7 : CO2 dosage of ~ 0.02 mg/l is needed
To reduce pH from 7 to 6 : CO2 dosage is ~ 2 mg/l
(Difference in CO2 dosage probably due to CO2-carbonate-bicarbonate equilibrium)
I am looking for software options which can do similar calculations taking alkalinity into account - Higher the alkalinity, greater is the amount of CO2 or acid needed.
Dear Andras Sikter , the application is for water treatment (drinking water and effluent water treatment). I am looking for online tool to verify the accuracy of my calculations
There is a nice and free program for calculations with drinking water and other low concentration dilutions with water as the solute. It is called Visual Minteq. It has acid/base reactions, henry's law reactions, solid dissolution, and complexation all included.