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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2014.52.5.581

Optimal DO Setpoint Decision and Electric Cost Saving in Aerobic Reactor Using Respirometer and Air Blower Control  

Lee, Kwang Su (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Center for Environmental Studies, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Minhan (Pangaea21, Ltd.)
Kim, Jongrack (UnUsoft, Ltd.)
Yoo, Changkyoo (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Center for Environmental Studies, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.52, no.5, 2014 , pp. 581-586 More about this Journal
Abstract
Main objects for wastewater treatment operation are to maintain effluent water quality and minimize operation cost. However, the optimal operation is difficult because of the change of influent flow rate and concentrations, the nonlinear dynamics of microbiology growth rate and other environmental factors. Therefore, many wastewater treatment plants are operated for much more redundant oxygen or chemical dosing than the necessary. In this study, the optimal control scheme for dissolved oxygen (DO) is suggested to prevent over-aeration and the reduction of the electric cost in plant operation while maintaining the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration for the metabolism of microorganisms in oxic reactor. The oxygen uptake rate (OUR) is real-time measured for the identification of influent characterization and the identification of microorganisms' oxygen requirement in oxic reactor. Optimal DO set-point needed for the micro-organism is suggested based on real-time measurement of oxygen uptake of micro-organism and the control of air blower. Therefore, both stable effluent quality and minimization of electric cost are satisfied with a suggested optimal set-point decision system by providing the necessary oxygen supply requirement to the micro-organisms coping with the variations of influent loading.
Keywords
Process Optimization; Microbial Respiration; Oxygen Uptake Rate; DO Set-point Optimization; Air Blower Control;
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