Automatic control system for energy optimization in membrane bioreactors

Desalination

Volumn 268, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 276-280

  Ferrero, Giuliana ^a   Monclús, Hector ^a   Buttiglieri, Gianluigi ^a   Comas, Joaquim ^a   Rodriguez Roda, Ignasi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeration; Automatic control; Energy saving; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

AERATION; AUTOMATIC CONTROL; AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL ACTIONS; ENERGY OPTIMIZATION; ENERGY SAVING; KEY PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHMS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; ONLINE DATA; PERMEATE FLUX; SIGNAL FILTERING; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

AUTOMATION; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; REMOTE CONTROL;

MEMBRANES;

AERATION; ALGORITHM; BIOREACTOR; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 78650768959     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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