Validation of a supervisory control system for energy savings in membrane bioreactors

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1443-1453

  Huyskens, Celine ^a,b   Brauns, Etienne ^b   Van Hoof, Erwin ^b   Diels, Ludo ^b   De Wever, Heleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aeration; Energy reduction; Fouling measurement; Membrane bioreactor; Process control; Reversible fouling

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS; AERATION; ENERGY REDUCTION; ENERGY-SAVINGS; FOULING MEASUREMENT; FOULING PROPENSITIES; INPUT PARAMETER; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; REVERSIBLE FOULING; SUPERVISORY CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BIOREACTORS;

AERATION; BIOREACTOR; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEM; AERATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FILTRATION; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; SLUDGE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 78650570516     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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