Title
Water treatment plant prototype with ph control modeled on fuzzy logic for removing arsenic using fe(Vi) and fe(iii)
Date Issued
01 October 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
This study proposes a fuzzy control strategy embedded in a Siemens IoT2040 gateway developed for removing inorganic arsenic from synthetic underground water in a treatment plant prototype. The prototype is used to dose a constant flow of Fe(VI) to maintain an oxide-reduction potential to guarantee the oxidation of arsenite into arsenate, while the fuzzy logic embedded in the IoT control manages the addition of Fe(III) to achieve a proper pH adjustment and efficient arsenate removal. The tests used synthetic Bangladesh groundwater enriched with 200 µg/L of arsenite and 200 µg/L of arsenate. The results revealed that the plant prototype yielded an effective treatment of the water. Arsenate was decreased to an average value of 6.66 µg/L and, the arsenite concentration decreased to 1.01 µg/L or less. These values were lower than the limit of 10 µg/L deemed by the World Health Organization as safe for human consumption.
Volume
12
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería ambiental y geológica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85092735517
PubMed ID
Source
Water (Switzerland)
Sponsor(s)
Funding: This research was funded by project PI-560082019 awarded by IDIC-Universidad de Lima. This research was funded by project PI-560082019 awarded by IDIC-Universidad de Lima. Support from Facultad de Ingenier?a y Arquitectura Universidad de Lima, Instituto de Investigaci?n Cient?fica de la Universidad of Lima-IDIC, Siemens distributor in Per? DIN automation and Endress + Hauser distributor in Per? Corsusa are greatly acknowledged.
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