<p>More stringent requirements on nitrogen removal from wastewater are the motivation for this thesis. In order to improve treatment results and enhance cost-efficient operation of wastewater treatment plants, model based control strategies are presented.</p><p>A Java based simulator for activated sludge processes (JASS) is presented. The graphical user interface, educational experiences and implemented control strategies are discussed.</p><p>Controlling the addition of an external carbon source is the next topic discussed. A simple model based feedforward controller is derived and evaluated in a simulation study. The controller attenuates process disturbances quickly. Further, two feedforward controllers for adjusting the aeration volume in activated sludge processes are derived. The aim of the volume control strategies was to efficiently dampen the impact of process disturbances without using an excessively high dissolved oxygen concentration. The simulation results are promising and show that the aeration volume may be a feasible control variable.</p><p>A linearisation method for static input non-linearities is presented. The method gives essentially the same result as the existing standard method, but possesses some implementational advantages. The method is used to linearise the non-linear oxygen transfer function of an activated sludge process in an application study.</p><p>Multivariable interactions in a process model describing nitrate removal in an activated sludge process are studied using the well known RGA method as well as a relatively novel tool based on Hankel norms. The results of the analysis are compared to conclusions drawn from common process knowledge and are used to design a multivariable control strategy. It was found that process disturbances may be rejected faster using multivariable control.</p><p>Finally, the operational costs of the denitrification process are investigated and visualised graphically. Cost optimal regions are found by a numerical grid search. Procedures for controlling the denitrification process in a cost-efficient way are described.</p>

This master thesis in energy optimization was made during the autumn of 2006 at Käppala wastewater treatment plant in Lidingö, Stockholm. A preceding thesis, where all electricity consumption was mapped, showed that the aeration in the biological treatment is the single largest consumer in the plant, and it is therefore of interest to reduce this cost. The oxygen control strategy used at Käppala WWTP is working well from a nutrient removal point of view, but not from an economic one. The last aerobic zones have a very low oxygen consumption during low loading periods which give rise to enhanced dissolved oxygen concentrations with excessive costs and reduced denitrification as a result. But also during periods of normal loading unnecessary high oxygen concentration are sometimes given. By modifying the aeration control strategy three full-scale experiments have been made, with the intention to reduce the air consumption. The experiments were carried out during week 37-50 in the autumn of 2006 and showed that savings could be made. The regular oxygen control at Käppala WWTP controls the oxygen level in the aerobic compartment with two DO-setpoints; one in the first aerobic zone and one in the last. The zones in between are controlled by an airflow fractionation depending on the oxygen level in the first and last zone. In the first strategy to be evaluated, all four zones in the aerated part were individually controlled with its own setpoint. Two different setpoint combinations were tested. By using the fact that the efficiency in the oxygen transfer rate was higher at low airflows, savings of approximately 16 % were achieved. In the second strategy tested, an ammonia-feedback control combined with a DO-feedback controlled the DO-set point in the first aerobic zone. This strategy adjusted the DO- set points to the loading variations, and this gave a decreased airflow of approximately 9 %. Finally the two strategies were combined. All zones were then controlled individually with DO-set points set by an ammonium-feedback and a DO-feedback. The strategy gave savings in the airflow of approximately 18 %. In all three trials the aerated zones were more efficiently used, and the estimated savings are 550 000 SEK/year, and with a preserved nutrient removal efficiency. / Under hösten 2006 har ett examensarbete om energieffektivisering på Käppalaverket på Lidingö utförts. Ett föregående examensarbete där all elenergiförbrukning kartlades visade att blåsmaskinerna i biosteget står för den enskilt största förbrukningen i verket och det är därför av intresse att minska denna kostnad. Syrestyrningsstrategin som används på Käppalaverket fungerar mycket bra ur reningssynpunkt, men är inte optimal ur energisynpunkt. Dels luftas de första aeroba zonerna för mycket vid låg belastning vilket ger upphov till kraftigt förhöjda syrekoncentrationer i de sista aeroba zonerna med höga luftningskostnader och risk för försämrad denitrifikation, men även under normal belastning har det visat sig att onödigt höga syrekoncentrationer ibland ges. Tre fullskaliga optimeringsförsök har utförts, med syfte att minska luftförbrukningen med bibehållen reningsgrad. Försöken pågick från vecka 37 till 50 hösten 2006, och visade att det finns möjlighet att spara energi genom att modifiera syrestyrningsstrategin. Den reguljära syreregleringen i Käppalaverket styr syrehalten i den aeroba bassängen mot två syrebörvärden; ett i den första luftade zonen och ett i den sista. Luftflödet till de mellanliggande zonerna styrs av luftflödesandelar beroende på syrehalten i dessa två zoner. Den första strategin som utvärderades styrde istället samtliga zoner individuellt med egna börvärden, där två olika strukturer på de satta börvärdena användes. Genom att utnyttja en högre effektivitet i syreöverföringshastigheten vid låga luftflöden uppnåddes luftflödesbesparingar på ca 16 % i första försöket. I den andra strategin styrdes syrebörvärdet i den första luftade zonen med hjälp av två återkopplingar, en från utgående ammoniumhalt och en från syrehalten i den sista luftade zonen. Tack vare att strategin anpassade syrebörvärdena efter belastningen av syretärande ämnen erhölls luftflödesbesparingar på ca 9 %. Slutligen kombinerades de två strategierna; samtliga zoner styrdes individuellt med börvärden satta av en ammonium-återkoppling och en syre-återkoppling. Strategin medförde luftflödesbesparingar på ca 18 %. I samtliga försök utnyttjades de luftade zonerna bättre, och besparingspotentialen uträknad från 2005 års elpriser blev som mest 550 000 SEK/år, detta med en bibehållen reningsgrad.

M. Tech. Chemical Engineering. / Discusses the general objective of this research is to study the application of a combined advanced oxidation and adsorption process, with a view to developing a novel technique for the treatment of tea industry effluents prior to discharge into receiving water bodies. The specific objectives of the research are: a) To tailor natural zeolite physico-chemical properties in attempt to enhance its adsorptive performance ; b) To evaluate the decolourization efficiency of functionalized zeolite in tea industry effluent treatment. c) To evaluate the effect of the following operational parameters: pH, initial concentration,temperature and the sorbent mass, on the removal of colour in tea industry effluent. d) To apply adsorption and advanced oxidation independently and to combine the two into one process.

Many control systems of practical importance are multivariable. In such systems, each manipulated variable (input signal) may affect several controlled variables (output signals) causing interaction between the input/output loops. For this reason, control of multivariable systems is typically much more difficult compared to the single-input single-output case. It is therefore of great importance to quantify the degree of interaction so that proper input/output pairings that minimize the impact of the interaction can be formed. For this, dedicated interaction measures can be used. The first part of this thesis treats interaction measures. The commonly used Relative Gain Array (RGA) is compared with the Gramian-based interaction measures the Hankel Interaction Index Array (HIIA) and the Participation Matrix (PM) which consider controllability and observability to quantify the impact each input signal has on each output signal. A similar measure based on the <img src="http://www.diva-portal.org/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?%5Cmathcal%20H_2" /> norm is also investigated. Further, bounds on the uncertainty of the HIIA and the PM in case of uncertain models are derived. It is also shown how the link between the PM and the Nyquist diagram can be utilized to numerically calculate such bounds. Input/output pairing strategies based on linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control are also suggested. The key idea is to design single-input single-output LQG controllers for each input/output pair and thereafter form closed-loop multivariable systems for each control configuration of interest. The performances of these are compared in terms of output variance. In the second part of the thesis, the activated sludge process, commonly found in the biological wastewater treatment step for nitrogen removal, is considered. Multivariable interactions present in this type of bioreactor are analysed with the tools discussed in the first part of the thesis. Furthermore, cost-efficient operation of the activated sludge process is investigated.

Thesis (M.Tech.: Biotechnology)-Dept. of Biotechnolgy, Durban University of Technology, 2007 xviii, 143 leaves / Activated sludge flocs are responsible for flocculation, settling and dewaterability. It is important to maintain the growth off loc-forming bacteria for efficient sludge settleability and compaction for good quality effluent. Filamentous bacteria on the other hand are believed to provide rigid support network or backbone upon which floc-forming bacteria adhere to form stable activated sludge flocs (Wilderer et al., 2002; Ramothokang et al., 2003). Filamentous bacteria can also be detrimental to the process when they outgrow floc-forming bacteria. Morphologically filamentous bacteria are at an advantage as they have higher outward growth velocity and can extend freely to bulk liquid substrate. Proliferation of filamentous bacteria causes foaming and bulking (Martins et al., 2004). Although chemical alleviation measures to circumvent bulking are present, they are symptomatic (Chang et al., 2004). Eikelboom (1975) developed the first identification keys for the classification of filamentous bacteria that is primarily based on morphological characteristics and microscopic examination. Although very useful, this type of identification has its limitations. For instance some filamentous bacteria can change morphology in response to changes in the environment and although some of them can be morphologically similar they may vary considerably in their physiology and taxonomy (Martins et al., 2004). A vast number of filamentous bacteria are still very poorly understood which could be due to the problems of cultivation due to their slow growing nature and maintenance of cultures (Rossetti et al., 2006). This limitation necessitates a molecular approach to resolve the taxonomy of filamentous bacteria as it is a culture-independent technique which is highly accurate. This project was undertaken to verify the identity of pure cultures of filamentous bacteria isolated previously through the application of molecular techniques. The 16S rDNA are conserved regions in bacterial cells and they can be extracted and specific nucleic acid fragments amplified. Denaturation gradient gel electrophoresis enabled the separation of fragments of identical length but different size and served as an indication of purity (Muyzer et al., 1993).

Os custos com a implantação de unidades piloto de flotação por ar dissolvido (FAD) requerem estratégias especiais em função da falta de correlações entre a escala laboratorial e a industrial, uma vez que os projetos de FAD têm sido concebidos apenas sob o ponto de vista econômico. Nesse sentido, tem-se realizado esforços significativos para descrever e modelar um scale-up para o processo de FAD, sendo necessário elaborar e validar um modelo de previsão de scale-up para promover a mudança de escala necessária. No presente trabalho foi obtida uma correlação de scale-up como base para o projeto de uma unidade piloto, a partir de um modelo físico em escala de laboratório por meio da análise de correlações de semelhança dinâmica envolvendo grandezas predominantes em uma câmara de FAD usada na separação e recuperação de águas oleosas. Com auxílio da fluidodinâmica computacional e de vídeos dos fluxos de microbolhas e flocos, as forças de inércia e de gravidade foram identificadas como as grandezas predominantes em uma câmara de FAD pela discrepância entre as velocidades médias de ascensão de microbolhas e flocos, de 8,73&#61655;10-7 m/s e 1,175&#61655;10-5 m/s, respectivamente. As simulações foram realizadas por meio do software ANSYS e as medidas foram efetuadas com o auxílio de uma câmera fotográfica. A metodologia de trabalho empregada permitiu o desenvolvimento de uma técnica simples e de baixo custo, diminuindo a probabilidade de riscos futuros em um investimento de scale-up. / The implantation costs of dissolved air flotation (DAF) pilot units require special strategies due to the lack of correlations between laboratory and industrial scale, as novel flotation methods have been considered strictly from an economic standpoint. In this sense, significant efforts have been made to describe and model a scale-up to the process of FAD, being necessary to design and validate a scale-up forecasting model to promote a change in the required scale. In this study a scale-up correlation for a pilot unit project was determined based on the analysis of dynamic similarity correlations involving the predominant phenomena of a dissolved air flotation (DAF) chamber used in separating and recovering oily water. With the aid of computational fluid dynamics and videos of microbubble and floc flow, inertia and gravity were identified as the predominant phenomena in a DAF chamber by the discrepancy between the average speeds of rise of microbubbles and flakes of 8.73 &#61655;10-7 m/s and 1.175&#61655;10-5 m/s, respectively. The simulations were performed using ANSYS software and measurements were made with the aid of a camera. The strategy described herein is simple and reduces the likelihood of future risks in scale-up investments.

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O Fenol e compostos fenolicos foram classificados como poluentes primarios pela Environmental Protection Agency (EPA USA). Eles sao geralmente encontrados em efluentes industriais como: poupa e papel; madeireiras; plasticos e polimeros sinteticos; farmaceuticos, pesticidas, oleo e petroquimicas. Os tratamentos de agua convencionais tem mostrado ineficiencia em altas concentracoes de fenol. Este trabalho visa o tratamento de solucao aquosa de fenol via Processos Oxidativos Avancados (POAs) com o objetivo de aumentar a biodegradabilidade possibilitando a aplicacao de um processo convencional (lodos ativados) como pos-tratamento. O pre-tratamento e usado para modificar a estrutura do fenol levando-o a seus subprodutos como substancias aromaticas e acidos carboxilicos. Os experimentos mostraram a eficiencia do pre-tratamento atraves do parametro de biodegradabilidade (DBO5/DQO) apresentando 0,19 em 30 min de reacao foto- Fenton, com concentracao inicial de fenol de 1000 mg.L-1 de Carbono Organico Total (TOC), 1 mmol.L-1 de FeSO4 e 100 mmol.L-1 de H2O2, dosado durante 2 horas de reacao. Apos pre-tratada fotoquimicamente, esta mesma solucao foi utilizada como fonte de carbono em um sistema continuo de lodos ativados para remocao da materia organica residual, apresentando reducao de 92% do TOC inicial. Estes resultados evidenciam a eficiencia da integracao entre os processos foto-Fenton e lodo ativado no tratamento de efluentes contendo compostos recalcitrantes. / Phenol and phenolic compounds have been listed as priority-pollutants by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA USA). They are often found in industrial effluents such as from pulp and paper, timber, plastics and synthetic polymer, pharmaceutical, pesticide, oil and petrochemical industries. Most of the traditional wastewater treatments have shown inefficiency against high phenol concentrations. This work aims to treat phenol solution via Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP´s) to enhance medium biodegradability and using it as an effluent in a continuous activated sludge process. The purpose of the pre treatment is to modify the phenol structure leading it to its byproducts such as aromatics compounds and carboxylic acids. The experiments have shown the effectiveness of the pre-treatment by the biodegradability parameter BOD5/COD which was achieved 0,19 at 30 min of photo- Fenton reaction with a initial phenol concentration of 1000 mg.L-1 of TOC, 1 mmol.L-1 of FeSO4 and 100 mmol.L-1 of H2O2, added with a peristaltic pump along 2 hours of reaction. After the photochemical pre treatment, the same solution was used as a carbon source in a continuous activated sludge system for removing residual organic matter, with a reduction of 92% of the TOC initial. Those results have shown the efficiency when integrating photo-Fenton and activated sludge processes on the treatment of effluents containing recalcitrant organic compounds.

Submitted by Claudinei Pracidelli (cpracide@ipen.br) on 2016-06-22T12:30:02Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-22T12:30:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / O lodo gerado em processos de galvanoplastia é classificado pela ABNT NBR 10.004/04 como perigoso (classe I). Na literatura encontram-se poucos estudos referentes à recuperação do cromo presente no lodo gerado em sistemas de tratamento de efluentes de indústrias de galvanoplastia. Neste sentido, o presente estudo avaliou a remoção do cromo presente no lodo de galvanoplastia por meio de dois processos, visando avaliar à eficiência técnica e a viabilidade econômica de ambos. O Processo 1 consistiu na remoção do cálcio utilizando o ácido cítrico, seguida de lixiviação ácida. Na etapa de oxidação, variou-se a temperatura em 40ºC, 60ºC e 80ºC e no tempo de 30, 60 e 90 minutos, tendo em vista que a eficiência do processo de oxidação depende da temperatura e tempo. Nesta etapa do processo as concentrações de peroxido de hidrogênio (H2O2) utilizadas foram de 1,50, 3,00 e 4,50 mol.L-1. O Processo 2 realizou a oxidação do cromo sem efetuar as etapas de extração do cálcio e a lixiviação ácida. A oxidação do cromo ocorreu pelo mesmo método apresentado no Processo 1. A caracterização elementar da amostra determinou que o principal elemento constituinte do lodo é o cálcio (20,05% em massa), e que dentre os metais pesados destacam-se o cromo e o níquel (6,52% e 4,33% em massa, respectivamente). A maior eficiência de remoção do cálcio foi obtida na razão mássica de 8,00 (ácido cítrico/hidróxido de cálcio), com 51,76% em massa, seguida pela razão mássica de 5,50 com 36,75% em massa e 2,50 com 24,83% em massa. O melhor resultado de oxidação do cromo no Processo 1 foi obtido com tempo de 30 minutos, temperatura de 60ºC e concentração de peroxido de hidrogênio de 3,00 mol.L-1, com eficiência de 41,09% em massa. No Processo 2, obteve-se a remoção de 37,96% em massa de cromo a temperatura de 80ºC, por uma hora e 3,00 mol.L-1 de peróxido de hidrogênio. Avaliando os custos para remoção do cromo dos dois processos, determinou-se que o Processo 1 foi mais oneroso que o 2, porém ambos não apresentaram viabilidade econômica para aplicação em escala industrial. Nos dois processos efetuou-se a oxidação do cromo presente no lodo de galvanoplastia, permitindo a sua remoção parcial neste resíduo. Com isso obtiveram-se ganhos ambientais, pela diminuição deste elemento no resíduo de galvanoplastia, que na maioria das vezes é disposto em aterros classe I, gerando um passivo ambiental. / Dissertação (Mestrado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

Orientador: Basilio Ernesto de Almeida Milani / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T02:32:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VargasLara_JoseMaria_D.pdf: 1539805 bytes, checksum: cb3f1db3ea06ddceb5dac7d0f33c587c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Este trabalho trata da síntese de um controlador preditivo adaptativo, baseado em modelos reduzidos obtidos mediante identificação orientada para controle preditivo. A metodologia proposta envolve duas áreas importantes para o sucesso do experimento de identificação. Na primeira, projeto de sinais de excitação, é mostrado como sinais de excitação pseudo-aleatórios multi-níveis podem ser projetados para atender com eficácia requisitos que sinais de excitação relevantes para controle devem satisfazer. Na segunda, modelagem de preditores, é abordada a modelagem por identificação de preditores de horizonte estendido. O objetivo central da metodologia proposta é o controle da remoção de matéria nitrogenada de uma planta de tratamento de esgotos por lodos ativados com pré-desnitrificação. A metodologia é aplicada para controlar a concentração de amônia mediante o controle do set-point de oxigênio dissolvido. A metodologia também é aplicada para o controle da concentração de nitrato no reator desnitrificante. Os controladores são avaliados em um estudo de simulação, mostrando a eficácia da metodologia proposta para o controle das concentrações de amônia e nitrato / Abstract: This work deals with the synthesis of an adaptive predictive controller, based on reduced models obtained via identification oriented to predictive control. The methodology proposed involves two important areas for the success of the identification experiment. In the first one, excitation signal design, it is shown how pseudo-random multilevel signals can be designed to effectively satisfy the requirements that excitation signals relevant for control should satisfy. In the second, predictor modelling, the identification of long-range horizon predictors is approached. The main objective of the proposed methodology is the control of the nitrogen removal in an predenitrifying activated sludge wastewater treatment plant. This methodology is applied to control the ammonium concentration in the denitrifying reactor. The controllers are evaluated in a simulation study, showing the effectiveness of the proposed methodology to control ammonium and nitrate concentrations / Doutorado / Automação / Doutor em Engenharia Elétrica