Full-scale implementation of an advanced control system on a biological wastewater treatment plant

Michela Mulas; Francesco Corona; Jukka Sirviö; Seppo Hyvönen; Riku Vahala

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.360

Full-scale implementation of an advanced control system on a biological wastewater treatment plant

Michela Mulas
, Francesco Corona
, Jukka Sirviö
, Seppo Hyvönen
, Riku Vahala

Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Universidade Federal do Ceará
Mipro Oy

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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Abstract

The implementation of a multivariable control package for the real-time control and supervision of a biological wastewater treatment plant is reported and discussed. The goal is to improve the plant operation in terms of effluent quality and operational costs. A dynamic matrix control algorithm is put into operation for controlling the ammonia concentration at the end the biological reactor in the activated sludge process. The status of the plant instrumentation is continuously monitored by multivariate statistical technology based on moving windows principal component analysis. Results of the first six months of continuous operation show the ability of the designed predictive control in reducing the aeration energy consumption whilst keeping the ammonia concentration in the effluent within the limits.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process SystemsIncluding Biosystems DYCOPS-CAB
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	1163-1168
Number of pages	6
Volume	49
Edition	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.360
Publication status	Published - 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems - Trondheim, Norway Duration: 6 Jun 2016 → 8 Jun 2016 Conference number: 11

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Name	IFAC-PapersOnLine
Publisher	Elsevier Pergamon
ISSN (Print)	2405-8963

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Conference	IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems
Abbreviated title	DYCOPS
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Trondheim
Period	06/06/2016 → 08/06/2016

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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

Keywords

Activated sludge process
Biological wastewater treatment
Dynamic matrix control
Principal component analysis

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Mulas, M., Corona, F., Sirviö, J., Hyvönen, S., & Vahala, R. (2016). Full-scale implementation of an advanced control system on a biological wastewater treatment plant. In 11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process SystemsIncluding Biosystems DYCOPS-CAB (7 ed., Vol. 49, pp. 1163-1168). (IFAC-PapersOnLine). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.360

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Mulas, M, Corona, F, Sirviö, J, Hyvönen, S & Vahala, R 2016, Full-scale implementation of an advanced control system on a biological wastewater treatment plant. in 11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process SystemsIncluding Biosystems DYCOPS-CAB. 7 edn, vol. 49, IFAC-PapersOnLine, Elsevier, pp. 1163-1168, IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems, Trondheim, Norway, 06/06/2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.360

Full-scale implementation of an advanced control system on a biological wastewater treatment plant. / Mulas, Michela; Corona, Francesco; Sirviö, Jukka et al.
11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process SystemsIncluding Biosystems DYCOPS-CAB. Vol. 49 7. ed. Elsevier, 2016. p. 1163-1168 (IFAC-PapersOnLine).

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