Patent ID: 6845336
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: C02F,G01N

Abstract:
1. In a treatment facility adapted for use with water wherein pollutants are removed from the water and wherein water exiting from the facility has various acceptable and predetermined effluent quality parameters; said facility including a plurality of operational sensors for operably determining process water quality conditions while the water is in the facility; the improvement comprising: a) a monitoring computer at a site remote from said facility and including software to receive data from said sensors, analyze the water quality conditions inputted by said sensors and predict effluent water quality and process upsets; said monitoring computer further including an artificial neural network module to determine solutions to actual and potential water quality and process upsets; and b) an internet interface operably connecting said computer to said sensors for transferring said process water quality conditions from said sensors to said monitoring computer and transferring said solutions form said monitoring computer to said facility.