BioMatNet Item: FAIR-CT95-1198 - AMOCO: Advanced monitoring and control of the operation of wastewater treatment processes of the wood industry in order to improve the process efficiency

FAIR-CT95-1198
AMOCO: Advanced monitoring and control of the operation of wastewater treatment processes of the wood industry in order to improve the process efficiency

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FAIR Area 2.3 - Control Systems : Process Engineering : Wood (Lignocellulose)

	Type of Project	Shared Cost
	Contract No	FAIR-CT95-1198
	Total Cost	1,088,044 ECU
	EC Contribution	799,906 ECU
	Start Date	01/01/1997
	Duration	36 months

Advanced monitoring and control of the operation of wastewater treatment processes of the wood industry in order to improve the process efficiency

Objectives

Technical Approach

This project aims to enhance monitoring and control systems in order to meet the European constraints and to optimise the biological treatment of the effluents of the agricultural and food industry in general and of the wood industry in particular before rejection in the rivers. It is aimed at developing, applying and scaling up an advanced monitoring and control system in order to enhance performance of the on-line operation and to improve stable operation of a fibreboard manufacturing wastewater treatment plant.

Expected Results

I. Direct Results

dynamic model of the process for pilot and large-scale plants
monitoring, adaptive and fuzzy control, explanation and fault diagnosis procedures for the pilot-scale processes
development and adaptation of transducers adequate to process monitoring
monitoring, adaptive and fuzzy control, explanation and fault diagnosis procedures for the large-scale plant
construction and evaluation of analytical equipment for process monitoring
integration and scale-up of the supervision and control system

II. Indirect Results

Development of new sensors (alkalinity, chemical oxygen demand) based on flow techniques in order to be used in the above processes.

Application

During the project, different wastewaters (wine distillery effluent, potatoes wastes, etc.) will be studied, so that industries other than the wood industries could use the technology developed.

The pilot wastewater treatment plant of INRA/LBE. A fixed bed anaerobic digester of one cubic meter

The facilities of TAFISA, a fibreboard manufacturer.

Contacts

Coordinator

Denis DOCHAIN / CESAME Universite Catholique de Louvain / BELGIUM

EC Scientific Officer

Alexandros ARABATZIS / European Commission DG Research Theme 1 Key Action 5.3 / BELGIUM

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