TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance evaluation of real time control in urban wastewater systems in practice
T2 - Review and perspective
AU - van Daal-Rombouts, Petra
AU - Gruber, Günter
AU - Langeveld, Jeroen
AU - Muschalla, Dirk
AU - Clemens, Francois
N1 - Accepted Author Manuscript
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Real time control (RTC) is generally viewed as a viable method for optimising the performance of urban wastewater systems. A literature review on the performance evaluation of RTC demonstrated a lack of consensus on how to do this. Two main deficiencies were identified: omitting uncertainty analysis and applying limited evaluation periods. A general methodology to evaluate the performance of RTC in practice, that takes into account these deficiencies, is proposed. The methodology is either data or model driven and the (dis)advantages of each are discussed. In a case study for a combined sewer system with limited discharge to a WWTP, it is demonstrated that the successful application of RTC and the possibility to determine a significant effect is very much dependent on the goal. It also clearly illustrates the need for taking uncertainties into account and that careful consideration in the chosen evaluation period is required.
AB - Real time control (RTC) is generally viewed as a viable method for optimising the performance of urban wastewater systems. A literature review on the performance evaluation of RTC demonstrated a lack of consensus on how to do this. Two main deficiencies were identified: omitting uncertainty analysis and applying limited evaluation periods. A general methodology to evaluate the performance of RTC in practice, that takes into account these deficiencies, is proposed. The methodology is either data or model driven and the (dis)advantages of each are discussed. In a case study for a combined sewer system with limited discharge to a WWTP, it is demonstrated that the successful application of RTC and the possibility to determine a significant effect is very much dependent on the goal. It also clearly illustrates the need for taking uncertainties into account and that careful consideration in the chosen evaluation period is required.
KW - Evaluation period
KW - Monitoring
KW - Modelling
KW - RTC
KW - Uncertainty analysis
KW - Urban drainage systems
UR - http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b78206f-0c01-45f8-b3f1-17a027a1ed87
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.06.015
DO - 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.06.015
M3 - Article
SN - 1364-8152
VL - 95
SP - 90
EP - 101
JO - Environmental Modelling & Software
JF - Environmental Modelling & Software
ER -