A. Larose et Sb. Jorgensen, State estimation for a biological phosphorus removal process using an asymptotic observer, WATER SCI T, 43(11), 2001, pp. 205-213
This study investigated the use of an asymptotic observer for state estimat
ion in a continuous biological phosphorus removal process. The estimated st
ates are the concentration of heterotrophic, autotrophic, and phosphorus ac
cumulating organisms, polyphosphate, glycogen and PHA. The reaction scheme
describing the process was simplified from a combined ASM1-Delft model. Thr
ee examples were investigated: operation at steady state, operation at stea
dy state with a random white-noise in the measurements and operation with a
ramp disturbance. In each case, the estimation was quite accurate even if
the convergence, driven by the dilution rate, was slow (from 15 to 60 days)
. The propagation of the measurement noise and a bias in the estimation of
glycogen and PHA could be the result of the high condition number of one of
the matrices used in the algorithm of the asymptotic observer for the aera
ted tanks.