Myths about ammonia feedforward aeration control

WEFTEC 2012 - 85th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 2483-2502

  Rieger, Leiv ^a   Jones, Richard M ^a   Dold, Peter L ^a   Bott, Charles B ^b  

^a EnviroSim Assocites Ltd   (Canada)

^b HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration control; Ammonia based control; Energy savings; Feedback control; Feedforward control; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION;

AERATION CONTROL; AMMONIA-BASED; CONTROL APPROACH; CONTROLLED VARIABLES; EXTERNAL CARBON ADDITION; FEED-FORWARD; LOAD CHANGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

FEEDFORWARD CONTROL;

EID: 84990840319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2175/193864712811726392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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