DTHub: modelEAU
DTHub theme: Data Management
The challengeConventional biological wastewater treatment is energy-intensive and often relies on extensive chemical additions. Moreover, in the transition from a fossil-based to a bio-based economy, it has become critical to close nutrients cycles and therefore ensuring that nutrients are not lost in the waste disposal systems, but rather taken back into the soils. In order to tackle these and other challenges, process operators and engineers need clever tools to transform raw data into actionable insights. |
Pilot summary
operates a highly instrumented and controlled pilot wastewater treatment plant for carbon and nitrogen removal. It consists of two identical biological treatment lanes to compare and optimize control strategies. Pilot data and metadata (process, weather, maintenance, etc.) are saved in an in-house developed database structure, with integrated quality checks, which acts as a single source of truth for reliable operational decision-making.
Year started: 2015
Deployment scale: Pilot and full scale
Lessons learned and outcomes
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End users contacts
Jeff, Sparks, JSparks@hrsd.com, Process Engineer, HRSD (VA, USA)
Charles, Bott, cbott@hrsd.com, Director of Water Technology and Research, HRSD (VA, USA)
Jean, Bernier, jean.bernier@siaap.fr, Responsible for operational modelling services, 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 (Paris, FR)
Vincent, Rocher, Vincent.rocher@siaap.fr, Innovation director, 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 (Paris, FR)
Additional contacts:
Niels Nicola茂, Niels.Nicolai@gci.ulaval.ca, Postdoctoral Researcher, modelEAU – Universit茅 Laval (QC, Canada)
Jean-David Therrien, jean-david.therrien.1@ulaval.ca, Research Assistant, modelEAU – Universit茅 Laval (QC, Canada)聽
Peter Vanrolleghem, Peter.Vanrolleghem@gci.ulaval.ca, Full Professor, modelEAU – Universit茅 Laval (QC, Canada)
Additional information:
- Queralt Plana, Janelcy Alferes, Kevin Fuks, Tobias Kraft, Thibaud Maru茅jouls, Elena Torfs, Peter A. Vanrolleghem; Towards a water quality database for raw and validated data with emphasis on structured metadata.聽Water Quality Research Journal聽1 February 2019; 54 (1): 1鈥9. doi:聽
- Jean-David Therrien, Niels Nicola茂, Peter A. Vanrolleghem; A critical review of the data pipeline: how wastewater system operation flows from data to intelligence.聽Water Sci Technol聽15 December 2020; 82 (12): 2613鈥2634. doi:聽
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