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  • Water Treatment Technologies

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  • Wet weather flow negatively impacts wastewater treatment.
  • Particulate overload can cause clogging in secondary processes like biofiltration.
  • Chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) can mitigate these issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a primary clarifier model incorporating chemical addition effects on particle settling.
  • To design and test control strategies for optimizing CEPT.
  • To select the most effective control strategy for performance, chemical savings, and maintenance.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a simple primary clarifier model for CEPT.
  • Simulation-based testing of various control strategies.
  • Full-scale implementation and evaluation of the selected controller.

Main Results:

  • The CEPT model accurately simulated chemical effects on particle settling.
  • Optimized control strategies were identified through simulations.
  • Full-scale implementation confirmed the model's predicted system behavior.

Conclusions:

  • A robust CEPT control strategy was developed and validated.
  • The implemented system demonstrated improved treatment performance and efficiency.
  • Practical insights for full-scale CEPT controller implementation were gained.