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Towards a benchmark simulation model for plant-wide control strategy performance evaluation of WWTPs

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Author

  • Ulf Jeppsson
  • Christian Rosén
  • J Alex
  • J Copp
  • K Gernaey
  • MN Pons
  • PA Vanrolleghem

Summary, in English

The COST/IWA benchmark simulation model has been available for seven years. Its primary purpose has been to create a platform for control strategy benchmarking of activated sludge processes. The fact that the benchmark has resulted in more than 100 publications, not only in Europe but also worldwide, demonstrates the interest in such a tool within the research community In this paper, an extension of the benchmark simulation model no 1 (BSM1) is proposed. This extension aims at facilitating control strategy development and performance evaluation at a plant-wide level and, consequently, includes both pretreatment of wastewater as well as the processes describing sludge treatment. The motivation for the extension is the increasing interest and need to operate and control wastewater treatment systems not only at an individual process level but also on a plant-wide basis. To facilitate the changes, the evaluation period has been extended to one year. A prolonged evaluation period allows for long-term control strategies to be assessed and enables the use of control handles that cannot be evaluated in a realistic fashion in the one-week BSM1 evaluation period. In the paper, the extended plant layout is proposed and the new suggested process models are described briefly. Models for influent file design, the benchmarking procedure and the evaluation criteria are also discussed. And finally, some important remaining topics, for which consensus is required, are identified.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

287-295

Publication/Series

Water Science and Technology

Volume

53

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

IWA Publishing

Topic

  • Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Keywords

  • benchmark
  • BSM1
  • BSM2
  • modelling
  • simulation
  • treatment
  • wastewater
  • control

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0273-1223