Possibilities of digitization and digital twins - demonstration study on industrial and municipal water treatment plants
The demands on today's treatment plants are increasing, as outgoing concentrations of both traditional pollution parameters such as nitrogen need to be continuously kept lower and lower, while the environmental impact through resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions must be minimized. The project will explore how treatment plants can be developed through digitization of processes, in parallel with increasing capacity needs.
At the same time, there may be a need for increased capacity and thus a need for remodeling or expansion, for example if the number of connected subscribers increases, or if processes in industrial facilities are expanded. In addition, lack of space is often a challenge for conversions and extensions, which in combination with maintained or stricter requirements means that more advanced purification techniques need to be used.
The challenges also mean that the automatic process control becomes both more complex and increasingly important for the goals to be reached. Leva i Lysekil AB, VA principal for the general VA facility in Lysekil municipality, plans to rebuild the biological treatment step at Lysekil's sewage treatment plant Långevik. The purpose of the project is to demonstrate the usefulness of virtual treatment plant models at a specific plant and to investigate the applicability to other municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants and other processes as well.
Through this approach, the possibilities and potential benefits of virtual process models will be demonstrated not only at the specific case study facility, but also at other relevant facilities within the Climate-Leading Process Industry.
Participating Parties
IVL Swedish Environmental Institute, Lysekil municipality, RISE, Siemens, Stenungsund municipality and Södra
Period
2021-11-01 - 2022-06-30
Total budget
SEK 744,000
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