Control and decision strategies in wastewater treatment plants for operation improvement

This book examines the operation of biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), with a focus on maintaining effluent water quality while keeping operational costs within constrained limits. It includes control operation and decision schemes and is based on the use of benchmarking scenarios that...

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Main Authors Santín, Ignacio (Author), Pedret, Carles (Author), Vilanova, Ramón (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
SeriesInternational series on intelligent systems, control and automation--science and engineering ; v. 86.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319463674
9783319463667
ISSN2213-8986 ;
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 124 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Process modelling and simulation scenarios
  • 3 Control approaches
  • 4 Tracking improvement of the basic lower level loops
  • 5 Variable dissolved oxygen set-points operation
  • 6 Denitrification and nitrification processes improvement for avoiding
  • 7 Effluent predictions for violations risk detection
  • 8 Advanced decision control system
  • 9 Conclusions.