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Ulrich Jumar, T. B. To

Evolutionary Optimization in the Design of Wastewater Treatment Plants

Evolutionary algorithms have been receiving growing attention for solving many control problems for industrial plants, especially for the design of advanced process control and the development of flexible plant operation strategies. The following paper is dedicated to selected aspects of the evolutionary optimisation for the design of wastewater treatment plants. First of all, through the use of a benchmark example, it will be demonstrated how, with the help of a multi-objective optimisation approach, details of a plant design can be dealt with. In particular, the question will be tackled on how the complete volume of the bio-reactors will be divided into the nitrification part and into the denitrification part. A second exemplary case deals with model calibration which, in view of the growing use of process simulation during the plant design and during the optimised operation of wastewater treatment plants, is of practical importance.

at – Automatisierungstechnik, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag

Print ISSN: 0178-2312
Volume: 49, 10/2001
Pages: 449

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