Instrumentation, control and automation in wastewater - from London 1973 to Narbonne 2013

G. Olsson (1) , B. Carlsson (2) , J. Comas (3) , J. Copp (4) , K. V. Gernaey (5) , P. Ingildsen (6) , U. Jeppsson (1) , C. Kim (7) , L. Rieger (8) , I. Rodriguez-Roda (3, 9) , Jean-Philippe Steyer (10) , I. Takacs (11) , P. A. Vanrolleghem (12) , A. Vargas (13) , Z. Yuan (14) , L. Amand (15)

1 Skane University Hospital [Lund]
2 Uppsala University
3 UdG - Universitat de Girona
4 Primodal Inc.
5 DTU - Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark
6 Grundfos
7 PNU - Pusan National University
8 InCTRL Solutions Inc.
9 ICRA - Instituto Catalán de Investigación del Agua - ICRA (SPAIN)
10 LBE - Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement [Narbonne]
11 Dynamita
12 modelEAU
13 Institute of Engineering
14 Advanced Water Management Centre
15 IVL - Swedish Environmental Research Institute

Key developments of instrumentation, control and automation (ICA) applications in wastewater systems during the past 40 years are highlighted in this paper. From the first ICA conference in 1973 through to today there has been a tremendous increase in the understanding of the processes, instrumentation, computer systems and control theory. However, many developments have not been addressed here, such as sewer control, drinking water treatment and water distribution control. It is hoped that this review can stimulate new attempts to more effectively apply control and automation in water systems in the coming years.

Mots clés: modelling; monitoring; wastewater; water

Mots clés: sensors; simulation

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Sciences de l'environnement

G. Olsson, B. Carlsson, J. Comas, J. Copp, K. V. Gernaey, et al.. Instrumentation, control and automation in wastewater - from London 1973 to Narbonne 2013. Water Science and Technology, 2014, 69 (7), pp.1373-1385. ⟨10.2166/wst.2014.057⟩. ⟨hal-02640407⟩