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Optimal Scheduling and Fouling Control in Membrane Bioreactor

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Frontiers in Wastewater Treatment and Modelling (FICWTM 2017)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering ((LNCE,volume 4))

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This paper deals with the optimal control of membrane fouling allowing the maximization of the total water production of a MBR system over a given period of time. The main objective is to find the optimal switching sequence of filtration and backwash cycles that mitigates membrane fouling and maintains a good performance of the process. The key contribution of our work is in the synthesis of a generic and robust optimal control that can be applied in practice to a large number of different MBR processes.

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The authors would like to thank TREASURE (cf. www.inra.fr/treasure).

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  1. Institut National des Sciences Appliquée et de Technologie, Université de Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia

    N. Kalboussi, F. Ellouze & N. Ben Amar

  2. Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, LAMSIN, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

    N. Kalboussi, F. Ellouze & N. Ben Amar

  3. LBE, INRA, 11100, Narbonne, France

    J. Harmand

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  1. University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Giorgio Mannina

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Kalboussi, N., Harmand, J., Ellouze, F., Ben Amar, N. (2017). Optimal Scheduling and Fouling Control in Membrane Bioreactor. In: Mannina, G. (eds) Frontiers in Wastewater Treatment and Modelling. FICWTM 2017. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58421-8_38

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