Towards Data-Driven Modelling of Saulekilen Wastewater Treatment Plant based on Artificial Intelligence

2019

Master's thesis Mechatronics MAS500 - University of Agder 2019 The processes at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) are complex systems thatclean the wastewater before it is released into the environment. Total phosphorous(TP), biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) arecritical measurements of the water quality. Measuring BOD and COD are too slowto effectively control the wastewater treatment processes (5 days and a couple ofhours respectively) as the wastewater treatment process at Saulekilen WWTP usesabout 30-40 minutes from influent to effluent. Measurements of effluent TP are alsoperformed and are quicker but controlling by the use of effluent TP is too slow. He…