Advances in control technologies for wastewater treatment processes: status, challenges, and perspectives

This paper presents a thorough review of control technologies that have been applied to wastewater treatment processes in the environmental engineering regime in the past four decades. It aims to provide a comprehensive technological review for both water engineering professionals and control specia...

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Published inIEEE/CAA journal of automatica sinica Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 337 - 363
Main Authors Iratni, Abdelhamid, Chang, Ni-Bin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Piscataway Chinese Association of Automation (CAA) 01.03.2019
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Artificial intelligence
Biological system modeling
Environmental engineering
Industries
Linear control
Nonlinear control
Process control
Production
Technology assessment
Wastewater
Wastewater treatment
Water engineering
Water resources
Water treatment
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Summary:This paper presents a thorough review of control technologies that have been applied to wastewater treatment processes in the environmental engineering regime in the past four decades. It aims to provide a comprehensive technological review for both water engineering professionals and control specialists, giving rise to a suite of up-to-date pathways to impact this field in light of the classified technology hubs. The assessment was conducted with respect to linear control, linearizing control, nonlinear control, and artificial intelligence-based control. The application domain of each technology hub was summarized into a set of comparative tables for a holistic assessment. Challenges and perspectives were offered to these field engineers to help orient their future endeavor.
ISSN:2329-9266
2329-9274
DOI:10.1109/JAS.2019.1911372