Software-Defined Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment: 1st Milestone

Autor: Di Wu, Tommi Karhela, Anna Mikola, Valeriy Vyatkin, Wenbin Dai, Cheng Pang
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: IECON
DOI: 10.1109/iecon43393.2020.9254581
Popis: Water scarcity has been intensified globally due to the rapid growth of economic and population. Wastewater treatment and recycling is one of the most feasible strategies for meeting the ever-increasing water usage. However, conventional centralized wastewater treatment plants are being stretched to their limits with the emerging urban structures. To mitigate this situation, this paper proposes a decentralized treatment solution for domestic wastewater leveraging the recent advancements in instrumentation, automation, and information technologies. In particular, a 60-ton adjustable secondary wastewater treatment facility has been designed as a foundation, upon which in-situ monitoring, software-centric automation system, and industrial edge-cloud computing platform have been deployed to form a holistic solution. The resultant facility has been consecutively and successfully operating onsite to date.
Databáze: OpenAIRE