This contribution describes the monitoring on a pilot-scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR) using a batchwise multiway independent component analysis method (MICA) which can extract meaningful hidden information from non-Gaussian data. Given that independent component analysis (ICA) is superior to principal component analysis (PCA) to extract features from non-Gaussian data sets, the use of ICA ...

conclusions with the proper operation of wastewater the treatment plant and increasing the retention time, the removal efficiency of the detergents increased. in addition, according to the environmental standards for bod5, cod and the detergents, the results of the present study indicated that the outputs of these parameters from the sbr system were appropriate for agricultural irrigation. resu...

This paper describes the combination of Multivariate Statistical Process Control (MSPC) and Case-Based Reasoning to situation assessment of a Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP). The goal of this work is to evaluate the capabilities of these techniques for assessing the actual state of a WWTP. The research was performed in a pilot WWTP operating with a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR). The results...

The partial nitrification (PN) performance and the microbial community variations were evaluated in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for 172 days, with the stepwise elevation of ammonium concentration. Free ammonia (FA) and low dissolved oxygen inhibition of nitrite-oxidized bacteria (NOB) were used to achieve nitritation in the SBR. During the 172 days operation, the nitrogen loading rate of t...

The performance of sequencing batch reactor (SBR) during post-treatment of digested effluent of swine wastewater was investigated. While operating SBR to treat the digested effluent directly, the performance was very poor with COD removal rate about 10%, and NH4+-N removal rate nearly 50%, with a scarce removal of total phosphorus. The performance apparently improved after adding raw swine wast...

A Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) is a wastewater process that occurs in a unique basin working with a predefined cycle. The reactor is monitored by the pH, Oxidation Reduction Potential, Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature sensors. This work proposes a qualitative representation of process variables based on episodes for ORP and pH signals to determine the complete denitrification and nitrificatio...

This paper shows the application of several kinds of artificial intelligence techniques in the development of a control system for a biochemical process. A wastewater treatment process for nitrogen removal in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) is presented first; two different approaches to identify the endpoint of the biological reactions are introduced. The paper compares and analyzes the resul...

Oxygen-limited autotrophic nitrification/denitrification (OLAND) is a one-stage combination of partial nitritation and anammox, which can have a challenging process start-up. In this study, start-up strategies were tested for sequencing batch reactors (SBR), varying hydraulic parameters, i.e. volumetric exchange ratio (VER) and feeding regime, and salinity. Two sequential tests with two paralle...

Wastewater from dairy industries, characterized by its high COD content and relative high COD/TKN ratio, requires post-treatment after anaerobic treatment to complete the removal of organic matter and nutrients. Due to its simplicity, robustness and low maintenance costs, sequencing batch reactors (SBR) result in an attractive system, especially in case of small dairy industries in order to com...

This paper covers the start-up of a pilot-plant experiment where land ll leachate from a Swedish municipal waste land ll (Spillepeng) was treated using a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). The leachate was characterised by high COD and NH4-N concentrations, low BOD/COD ratio, pH slightly over 7 and a high conductivity. During the studied period the mean temperature was 21°C, pH was 7.5 in the reac...