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Improvement of Activated Sludge Process Using a Nonlinear PI Controller Design via Adaptive Gain

  • P. A. López-Pérez , M. I. Neria-González and R. Aguilar-López EMAIL logo
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International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
From the journal International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Volume 14 Issue 1

Abstract

The goal of this work was to design an adaptive nonlinear proportional–integral (PI) controller to regulate the dynamics of an aerobic wastewater bioreactor, providing a mathematical sketch of proof of the convergence of the control scheme. Adequate operating regions were determined and the corresponding steady-state points were studied via phase portrait and bifurcation analysis. The proposed controller was applied to a wastewater treatment plant to regulate dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration and, indirectly, the concentration of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in the bioreactor; the recirculation flow rate was considered as the manipulated variable. The implementation was based on the mathematical bioreactor’s model, which was experimentally verified; it describes COD dynamics, DO, biomass, recirculation biomass concentrations, and temperature. The obtained results, via numerical simulations, showed that the proposed control law is able to control DO concentration; this control exhibited better performance in comparison to a linear one.

Keywords: biotechnology; waste treatment; dynamic modeling; adaptive control; closed-loop stability

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Published Online: 2015-4-11
Published in Print: 2016-2-1

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2014-0129
Keywords for this article
biotechnology; waste treatment; dynamic modeling; adaptive control; closed-loop stability

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  2. Review
  3. Novel Membrane Reactor Concepts for Hydrogen Production from Hydrocarbons: A Review
  4. Research Articles
  5. Modeling and Simulation Study of an Industrial Radial Moving Bed Reactor for Propane Dehydrogenation Process
  6. Oxidative Degradation of Methylene Blue in Aqueous Medium Catalyzed by Lab Prepared Nickel Hydroxide
  7. CFD Modelling of a Hollow Fibre Membrane for CO2 Removal by Aqueous Amine Solutions of MEA, DEA and MDEA
  8. Performance Study of a Thermally Double Coupled Multi-Tubular Reactor by Considering the Effect of Flow Type Patterns
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  16. Hydroisomerization of Biomass Derived n-Hexadecane Towards Diesel Pool: Effect of Selective Removal External Surface Sites from Pt/ZSM-22
  17. Heat Flux and Variable Thermal Conductivity Effects on Casson Flow and Heat Transfer due to an Exponentially Stretching Sheet with Viscous Dissipation and Heat Generation
  18. Optimization of Nickel Chemical Extraction from Hazardous Residue
  19. Green Approach for Biodiesel Production from Jojoba Oil Supported by Process Modeling and Simulation
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  29. Resistance Characteristics of Coal Slime in Pipe Flow at High Pressure
  30. Activity Comparison of Acidic Resins in the Production of Valuable Glycerol Acetates
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