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Knowledge-based unmanned automation and control systems for the SBR wastewater treatment process

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Wastewater treatment processes are usually located in rural seclusion. we designed an unmanned and automated control system for a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) wastewater treatment pilot plant. The pilot plant was constructed in the countryside, a small distance from a large city. Networks and wireless modules were employed for data transmission. A local controller was installed in the SBR pilot plant as a client, and a monitoring system was located in another place as a server. The communication system consisted of an asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) network and a code division multiple access (CDMA) module. A remote control and monitoring system were constructed in a laboratory in the city. We describe a fuzzy inference system which was constructed with the operator's assistance, and acquired sensor data to determine the threshold and influent.

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  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pusan National University, 30 Changjeon-dong, Keumjeong-ku, 609-735, Pusan, Korea

    H. Bae

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

    M. H. Lee

  3. Department of Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

    Y. Kim & C. W. Kim

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Bae, H., Lee, M.H., Kim, Y. et al. Knowledge-based unmanned automation and control systems for the SBR wastewater treatment process. Artif Life Robotics 7, 107–111 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481157

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