Optimization and simulation of secondary settler models

• Autor(es): Espírito Santo, I. A. C. P. ; Fernandes, Edite Manuela da G. P. ; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de ; Ferreira, E. C.
• Data: 2006
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5651
• Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Assunto(s): WWTP optimal design; Secondary settler modeling; Cost function minimization; Simulation design
• Tipo de Documento: Documento de conferência
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

This work focus on the accomplishing of the best model to a secondary settler to use in a minimum cost optimization procedure concerning the construction and operation of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Two traditional models are tested as well as a new model that results from the combination of the other two. The obtained optimal designs are then simulated in order to evaluate the model that provides the best performance.