Supervisão computadorizada aplicada a uma estação de tratamento de efluentes

Abstract

This work focuses on the investigation of low costs computerized automation solutions to assist compact wastewater treatment plants, adjusting the treated effluent to the legal requirements, protecting the water’s receptors against inadequate discharge. The objectives are the development of an automatic supervision system for small wastewater treatment plants and the creation of a historical database to support the decision making process concerning the process operation and maintenance. In this work, a combined configuration is analyzed, constituted of the up flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor followed by conventional active sludge. Such system treats the effluents of the Hospital Waldemar de Alcântara, situated in the neighborhood of Messejana, in Fortaleza - CE. In general, few researches can be found onthe electronics instrumentation and automation applied for combined systems like this one. Initially, the basic concepts on wastewater treatments are presented, as well as a description of parts that compose the system, therefore supporting the development of automation studies. After that, the description and the motivation for the use of the sensors in the automatic supervision system for small effluent treatment systems is presented, as well as the electronics necessary for its implementation. A description of the master-slave architecture used in the system is presented, as well as the functioning of each module that composes it, approaching the hardware and software development for each one. The research resulted in an applied system for real field situations, making possible a deeper understanding of the wastewater process and its operation through the data access, either in real time or by the access of the built database.