Planning, Testing And Commissioning Of Automation Solutions For Waste Water Treatment Plants Using Simulation

In Germany, the EU and worldwide, the demands placed on wastewater treatment plants in terms of energy efficiency, cleaning performance, operational reliability and minimization of operating costs continue to grow. This results in an increasing demand for automation solutions with high quality requirements that are well integrated with process engineering and equipment specification. Integrated planning of automation technology in combination with mechanical equipment and process engineering requires the use of simulation tools in planning A once existing simulation model of a plant can then not only be used for planning and optimization, but also for further questions about the life cycle of the plant. The automation concept simulated during the planning can be used, for example, as a precise requirement specification for the programming of the automation. A powerful application scenario is the virtual commissioning of the automation system. Copyright (C) 2020 The Authors.