MBR CONTROL
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OUTPUT SENTENCE | automatic control system for energy optimization in membrane bioreactors advanced treatment for both industrial and municipal wastewater |
OUTPUT TYPE | e-tool |
WATER TOPIC | Urban pollution |
KEYWORDS | Water waste treatment |
KEYWORDS TYPE | Software |
MARKET NEED TAILORED | Energy saving from water treatment plants. Current technologies need aeration process to clean membranes; this new system control by automatic process reduces and monitors the need of air. Membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology has become relatively widespread as an advanced treatment for both industrial and municipal wastewater, especially in areas prone to water scarcity. Although operational cost is a key issue in MBRs, currently only a few crucial papers and inventions aimed to optimise and enhance MBR efficiency have been published. control optimization and integrated operation of MBR for wastewater treatment and reuse |
OUTPUT DESCRIPTION | Software for automatic control system for energy optimization in membrane bioreactors (MBR) |
STATE OF DEVELOPMENT | Small scale Pilot,: aim includes pilot plant and full scale experiments but also modelling using the mechanistic ASM family for BNR and simplified empirical models including fouling for the filtration process The study areas are three medium-sized catchments which represent different environmental conditions: Fluvià, Tordera and Siurana Also tested in industrial pilot plants |
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INTELLECTUAL/INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS | Patent has been created, in process Smart-Air MBR® |
TRANSFERABILITY | Output is now being tested at real scale, moreover was at lab scale tested. |
POTENTIAL USERS/CLIENTS | Municipalities hosting water treatment plants, industries |
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Contact | |
TECHNICAL CONTACT | Joaquim Comas, PhD *?Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Girona *?17071 Girona (Catalonia, Spain) *?Tel +34 973 418 355; +34 615 831 769 *?Fax +34 972 418 150 *?Email joaquim.comas@udg.edu |
COUNTRY | SPAIN |
WATER RTOM CONTACT | Amphos21 |
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PROJECT ACRONYM | Software MBR |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION | Software for automatic control system for energy optimization in membrane bioreactors (MBR) |
LEADER | Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Girona |
COUNTRIES INVOLVED | SPAIN |
PROJECT LOCATION | ES |
FUNDING ORGANISATION | National funding, diverse programmes (ACCIO10, Env |