A robust control scheme to improve the stability of anaerobic digestion processes

HO Méndez-Acosta, B Palacios-Ruiz… - Journal of Process …, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper, the robust regulation of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and total alkalinity (TA) is
addressed to improve the stability of continuous anaerobic digestion (AD) processes. The …

Robust control of volatile fatty acids in anaerobic digestion processes

HO Méndez-Acosta, B Palacios-Ruiz… - Industrial & …, 2008 - ACS Publications
This paper is focused on the experimental implementation of a robust control scheme for the
regulation of volatile fatty acids (VFA) in continuous anaerobic digestion processes. The …

Regulation of volatile fatty acids and total alkalinity in anaerobic digesters

B Palacios-Ruiz, HO Méndez-Acosta… - IFAC Proceedings …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the simultaneous regulation of volatile fatty acids (VFA's) and total
alkalinity (TA) in anaerobic digesters. The control scheme is conformed by an output …

Feedback control design for an anaerobic digestion process

J Alvarez‐Ramirez, M Meraz, O Monroy… - Journal of Chemical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
An approach for the design of linear feedback controllers for anaerobic digestion systems is
presented. The effluent chemical oxigen demand (COD) concentration and the dilution rate …

Supervisory control of an anaerobic digester subject to drastic substrate changes

P Ghofrani-Isfahani, B Valverde-Pérez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a green technology that has been applied for many years. One
of the main problems in this process is controlling these bioreactors to maximize methane …

Feed control of anaerobic digestion processes for renewable energy production: A review

D Gaida, C Wolf, M Bongards - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last 40 years many different control methodologies for substrate feed control of
anaerobic digestion processes have been proposed in order to increase plant efficiency and …

Evaluation of control strategies for anaerobic digestion processes

M Perrier, D Dochain - … journal of adaptive control and signal …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptive non‐linear controller designs for various controlled variables are evaluated for the
operation of the anaerobic digestion process. The selected controlled variables are the …

Multi-objective cascade controller for an anaerobic digester

C García-Diéguez, F Molina, E Roca - Process Biochemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
In this work, a new multi-objective control strategy based on the concentration of volatile fatty
acids (VFAs) in the effluent and the methane flow rate (Qch4) has been proposed for an …

Advanced monitoring and control of anaerobic wastewater treatment plants: software sensors and controllers for an anaerobic digester

O Bernard, M Polit, Z Hadj-Sadok… - Water Science and …, 2001 - iwaponline.com
A mass balanced based model representing the dynamical behaviour of anaerobic digester
has served as a basis for the design of software sensors for the concentration of inorganic …

Control of an anaerobic reactor towards maximum biogas production

J Liu, G Olsson, B Mattiasson - Water Science and Technology, 2004 - iwaponline.com
A new control strategy is introduced for operating anaerobic digestion processes efficiently
at high load. The control system includes a cascade controller embedded into a rule-based …