Wastewater treatment plant online monitoring and control

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

Title: Wastewater treatment plant online monitoring and control

Abstract

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

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1471201

Patent Number(s):: 10046995

Application Number:: 14/234,955

Assignee:: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

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C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F2209/06 - pH
C02F2209/15 - N03-N
C02F2209/10 - Solids, e.g. total solids [TS], total suspended solids [TSS] or volatile solids [VS]
C02F1/66 - by neutralisation
C02F2209/02 - Temperature
C02F2209/006 - comprising a software program or a logic diagram
C02F2209/20 - Total organic carbon [TOC]
C02F2209/22 - O2
C02F3/2853 - {using anaerobic membrane bioreactors}
C02F2305/06 - Nutrients for stimulating the growth of microorganisms
C02F2209/40 - Liquid flow rate
C02F2209/07 - Alkalinity

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N33/1866 - {using microorganisms

C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F3/1268 - {Membrane bioreactor systems}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E50/30 - Fuel from waste

C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F2209/38 - Gas flow rate
C02F3/30 - Aerobic and anaerobic processes

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Y02A20/20 - Water pollution control technologies

C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F2209/001 - Upstream control, i.e. monitoring for predictive control
C02F3/006 - {Regulation methods for biological treatment}
C02F2209/36 - Biological material, e.g. enzymes or ATP
C02F3/286 - {including two or more steps}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02W - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
Y02W10/10 - Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage

C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F2209/04 - Oxidation reduction potential [ORP]
C02F2209/14 - NH3-N
C02F2209/08 - Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]
C02F2209/42 - Liquid level

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N33/1826 - {organic contamination in water}

C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F3/28 - Anaerobic digestion processes

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DOE Contract Number:: FC26-08NT05870

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Jul 25

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Kumar, Aditya, Murray, Anthony John, Shi, Ruijie, Wan, Zhaoyang, Dokucu, Mustafa Tekin, and Prasad, Vijaysai. Wastewater treatment plant online monitoring and control.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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  abstractNote = {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.},

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Method and apparatus for reducing membrane fouling patent, March 1999

Method and apparatus for controlling wastewater treatment processes patent, May 2010

Wastewater treatment patent-application, December 2008

On-Line Estimation and Detection of Abnormal Substrate Concentrations in Wwtps Using a Software Sensor: a Benchmark Study journal, August 2007

An Aeration Control for Advanced Wastewater Treatment Processes (SICE-ICCAS 2006) conference, October 2006

Development of a real-time expert system for wastewater treatment plants control journal, April 1993

Aeration control of a wastewater treatment plant using hybrid NMPC journal, April 2011

Biomass treatment of organic waste or water waste patent, January 2009

Mathematical Modelling of the Anaerobic Digestion Process: Regulatory Mechanisms for the Formation of Short-Chain Volatile Acids from Glucose journal, August 1983

Adaptive control of the hydrogen concentration in anaerobic digestion journal, January 1991

Nutrient requirement for UASB process: a review journal, February 1999

Software sensors for highly uncertain WWTPs: a new approach based on interval observers journal, May 2002

Anaerobic wastewater treatment journal, December 1986

Feedforward-feedback control of dissolved oxygen concentration in a predenitrification system journal, May 2005

State estimation in wastewater engineering: Application to an anaerobic process journal, November 1989

Submerged membrane bioreactor for treatment of nitrogen containing water patent, September 2003

Method and System To Estimate Variables In An Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Plant patent-application, September 2012

Monitoring granule formation in anaerobic upflow bioreactors using oligonucleotide hybridization probes journal, June 2006

Sewage Treatment Control Device, Method , and Sewage Treatment System patent-application, December 2008

Reduced order model monitoring and control of a membrane bioreactor system via delayed measurements journal, October 2011

Control of an anaerobic reactor towards maximum biogas production journal, December 2004

Cascade Fuzzy Logic Controller for an Anaerobic Digester conference, September 2007

Automatic control of the activated sludge process—II. Efficacy of control strategies journal, January 1978

Modeling and Control of pH in Pulp and Paper Wastewater Treatment Process
journal, January 2009

Wastewater treatment system and method
patent, November 2008

Hydrogen as a quick indicator of organic shock loading in UASB
journal, August 2000

Dynamical model development and parameter identification for an anaerobic wastewater treatment process
journal, January 2001

The IWA Anaerobic Digestion Model No 1 (ADM1)
journal, May 2002

Towards a Useful Dynamic Model of the Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Process: A Practical Illustration of Process Identification
journal, April 1992

Modeling of bacterial growth as a function of temperature.
journal, January 1991

Apparatus and method for anaerobic respirometry
patent, September 1998

Dynamic control of membrane bioreactor system
patent, February 2010

Sewage treatment control device, method, and sewage treatment system
patent, January 2011

Knowledge-based system for automatic MBR control
journal, December 2010

Identification of wastewater treatment processes for nutrient removal on a full-scale WWTP by statistical methods
journal, October 1994

An integrated system to remote monitor and control anaerobic wastewater treatment plants through the internet
journal, July 2005

Method for pH control
patent, July 1990

Method of conditioning mixed liquor using a tannin containing polymer
patent, November 2009

Hydrogen as a process control index in a pilot scale anaerobic digester
journal, March 1986

Monitoring and control of an anaerobic upflow fixed-bed reactor for high-loading-rate operation and rejection of disturbances
journal, January 2004

Design of a multi-model observer-based estimator for anaerobic reactor monitoring
journal, December 2006

Filtration apparatus comprising a membrane bioreactor and a treatment vessel for digesting organic materials
patent, June 2008

Proactive Control System for an Industrial Water System
patent-application, February 2010

Selection of variables using factorial discriminant analysis for the state identification of an anaerobic UASB–UAF hybrid pilot plant, fed with winery effluents
journal, July 2007

Membrane coupled activated sludge method and apparatus operating anoxic/anaerobic process alternately for removal of nitrogen and phosphorous
patent, January 2008

Method and apparatus for reducing membrane fouling
patent, March 1999

Method and apparatus for controlling wastewater treatment processes
patent, May 2010

Wastewater treatment
patent-application, December 2008

On-Line Estimation and Detection of Abnormal Substrate Concentrations in Wwtps Using a Software Sensor: a Benchmark Study
journal, August 2007

An Aeration Control for Advanced Wastewater Treatment Processes (SICE-ICCAS 2006)
conference, October 2006

Development of a real-time expert system for wastewater treatment plants control
journal, April 1993

Aeration control of a wastewater treatment plant using hybrid NMPC
journal, April 2011

Biomass treatment of organic waste or water waste
patent, January 2009

Mathematical Modelling of the Anaerobic Digestion Process: Regulatory Mechanisms for the Formation of Short-Chain Volatile Acids from Glucose
journal, August 1983

Adaptive control of the hydrogen concentration in anaerobic digestion
journal, January 1991

Nutrient requirement for UASB process: a review
journal, February 1999

Software sensors for highly uncertain WWTPs: a new approach based on interval observers
journal, May 2002

Anaerobic wastewater treatment
journal, December 1986

Feedforward-feedback control of dissolved oxygen concentration in a predenitrification system
journal, May 2005

State estimation in wastewater engineering: Application to an anaerobic process
journal, November 1989

Submerged membrane bioreactor for treatment of nitrogen containing water
patent, September 2003

Method and System To Estimate Variables In An Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Plant
patent-application, September 2012

Monitoring granule formation in anaerobic upflow bioreactors using oligonucleotide hybridization probes
journal, June 2006

Sewage Treatment Control Device, Method , and Sewage Treatment System
patent-application, December 2008

Reduced order model monitoring and control of a membrane bioreactor system via delayed measurements
journal, October 2011

Control of an anaerobic reactor towards maximum biogas production
journal, December 2004

Cascade Fuzzy Logic Controller for an Anaerobic Digester
conference, September 2007

Automatic control of the activated sludge process—II. Efficacy of control strategies
journal, January 1978