Patent ID: 6408227
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: C02F,G05B

Abstract:
An apparatus for controlling a water treatment plant, comprising:a receiver unit that receives sensor information from the water treatment plant; a neural network; a monitoring unit coupled to the neural network and the receiver unit; a prediction unit coupled to the monitoring unit and the neural network; a modeling unit coupled to the monitoring unit and the neural network; and an output unit that outputs water quality parameters to the water treatment plant, wherein the monitoring unit, the prediction unit and the modeling unit can process sufficient parameters of the sensor information to predict water treatment plant operations and control the water treatment plant operations, wherein the monitoring unit modifies water treatment plant operations to determine treated material dispensing and system control rates to reduce the quantity of the treated material used to meet prescribed intermediate set points, wherein the sensor information includes the prescribed intermediate set points, wherein the monitoring unit modifies water treatment plant operations to meet the prescribed intermediate set points, and wherein the prescribed intermediate set points are values for water quality parameters including each of turbidity, pH, alkalinity, hardness, flow, ferric sulfate dose, and total organic carbon.