Montse Meneses

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the main control actions used in wastewater treatment plants on the three main indicators used for performance evaluation: water quality, operational cost and, especially, greenhouse gas emissions are presented.

TL;DR: The results show the possibilities of the N/E index to be used as an indicator of global performance of WWTPs, and introduces plantwide considerations in alternative control strategies formulated to drive the plant to operating conditions that optimize the overall process efficiency.

TL;DR: In this paper, the temporal variation in the levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-pdioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in vegetation grown near an old municipal solid waste incinerator (Montcada, Barcelona, Spain) was determined.

TL;DR: In this paper, a PID control design is provided that looks for a robustness increase, allowing some degradation in the system's combined performance, and the proposed approach is complementary to the work presented by Arrieta and Vilanova (Simple PID tuning rules with guaranteed $$M_s$$ robustness achievement, in 18th IFAC world congress, 2011; Ind Eng Chem Res 51(6):2666-2674, 2012).

TL;DR: In this article, a joint environmental and economic analysis of different wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) control strategies is carried out based on the application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a method to evaluate the environmental impact and the Benchmark Simulation Model No. 1 (BSM1).