Abstract Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) are industrial facilities, which are important
for the protection of the environment, because they remove pollutants from wastewater …

We present distributed economic nonlinear model predictive control (DeNMPC), employing
sequential communication protocols, to optimize the flexible operation of electrified biodiesel …

This work presents a general framework for the advanced control of a common class of
activated sludge plants (ASPs). Based on a dynamic model of the process and plant sensors …

To reduce energy consumption (EC) in the wastewater treatment process (WWTP) for
achieving energy conservation and emission reduction, multi-objective evolutionary …

In this work, we introduce a nonlinear economic-oriented model predictive control framework
that can optimize the economic operation of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), while …

In this work, the stability, controllability and observability properties of a class of activated
sludge plants are analysed. Specifically, the five biological reactors and the secondary …

We develop a fault detection strategy for the output ammonium sensor present in wastewater
treatment plants. The only assumed measurements are the output ammonium concentration …

Facility control systems networks are highly vulnerable to malicious attacks, and these
attacks have been on the rise in the past few years. Although there is a need to protect these …

DESIGN OF DISTURBANCE OBSERVERS BASED ON THEIR IMPLEMENTABILITY IN
INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS Page 1 DESIGN OF DISTURBANCE OBSERVERS …

This first chapter aims to present the motivation of this dissertation, namely, the problems
related to water and wastewater, the importance and complexity of the Wastewater …