Control of Wastewater Treatment Plants: Classical and Advanced Strategies

This book explains different control strategies are designed and implemented on biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) including Benchmark Simulation models. It explains design of conventional PI and fractional PI controllers and advanced controllers such as Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Fuzzy Control (FC) and their evaluation. This book explores various control strategies designed and implemented for biological wastewater treatment plants, including benchmark simulation model no. 1 (BSM1) and model no. 2 (BSM2), with a focus on the impact of greenhouse gas emissions. It covers the design of conventional proportional integral (PI) and fractional PI controllers, as well as advanced controllers like model predictive control (MPC) and fuzzy control, along with their evaluation. The book also examines the influence of these controllers on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The aims of this book are as follows: To provide detailed chapters on advanced control strategies for control of wastewater treatment plants To include a description of advanced control strategies (hierarchical, fuzzy, MPC) To cover energy usage minimization while treating wastewater To offer a practical guide to operators working in the field of wastewater treatment To review strategies to reduce GHG emissions using BSM1 and BSM2 models This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in process control and wastewater treatment.