Wastewater treatment plant online monitoring and control

Title: Wastewater treatment plant online monitoring and control

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A method of operating a waste water treatment plant (WWTP) having at least one of an aerobic digester (AD) and a membrane bioreactor (MBR) is described. The method of operating AD is comprised of monitoring and controlling AD in real-time using an online extended Kalman filter (EKF) having a online dynamic model of AD. The EKF uses real-time AD measured data, and online dynamic model of AD to update adapted model parameters and estimate model based inferred variables for AD, which are used for AD control by AD control system having supervisory and low-level control layers. The method of operating MBR is similar to that of AD. The supervisory control ensures the WWTP satisfying the effluent quality requirement while minimize the operation cost. A WWTP having at least one of AD or MBR is disclosed. The method of operating a WWTP can be implemented using a computer.

Inventors:: Kumar, Aditya; Murray, Anthony John; Shi, Ruijie; Wan, Zhaoyang; Dokucu, Mustafa Tekin; Prasad, Vijaysai

Issue Date:: 2018-08-14

OSTI Identifier:: 1471201

Assignee:: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) NETL

Patent Number(s):: 10,046,995

Application Number:: 14/234,955

Contract Number:: FC26-08NT05870

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Jul 25

Research Org:: General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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