ECORBIT WATER Develops AI-Based Smart Water Treatment System 'AIBROs'
- When the system is applied, the airflow is reduced by 19%,
contributing to carbon reduction, and the nitrogen removal rate increases by 11%
- ECORBIT 'AIBROs' that uses machine learning to predict water quality
after 24 hours and recommend optimal water treatment conditions
- ECORBIT WATER, a subsidiary specializing in water treatment of ECORBIT,
develops AI water treatment technology in line with smart sewage policy business
ECORBIT WATER, the No. 1 public water treatment market company,
announced on the 8th that it has developed AI-based water treatment system AIBROs.
ECORBIT WATER is a subsidiary specializing in water treatment of ECORBIT,
a comprehensive environmental company, and operates 750 environmental basic facilities nationwide.
AIBROs is an artificial intelligent sewage and wastewater treatment automatic control technology
that collects changes in inflow and discharge water in real time through IoT water quality monitoring sensors and simulates optimal operating conditions according to water quality changes.
This technology automatically derives optimal operating conditions such as airflow, nitrogen treatment conditions, and active microbial conditions in the sewage and wastewater treatment process according to the water quality detected through the sensor, and provides related information to the operator to increase the efficiency of the water treatment process.
A patent has been filed for a technology that analyzes the state of the separator, which is a key equipment for the continuous flow MBR process, and predicts the cleaning cycle among the systems.
In particular, AIBROs can predict discharge water quality after up to 24 hours using machine learning, which helps operators respond quickly by raising an early warning in case of abnormal situations such as sudden deterioration of inflow water quality.
In addition, the web-based interface configuration allows operators to freely check and remotely control the processing process in real time in PC and mobile environments.
ECORBIT WATER tested the technology for about 11 months at an actual sewage treatment plant and confirmed a 19% reduction in airflow and an 11% increase in nitrogen removal rate.
If the amount of air blowing that breathes air into microorganisms decreases in the wastewater process, the amount of electricity used will also decrease, which has the effect of saving energy and reducing carbon.
After conducting a final performance evaluation at the demonstration plant in the second half of this year, the company plans to consider introducing AIBROs technology into the sewage and wastewater treatment facilities in operation.
Meanwhile, even before the AIBRs system was developed, the company developed a "Smart-SBR" process that applied smart technology to the SBR method that treats sewage and wastewater in a single reactor,
registered two patents, and published related papers in Water Research, a world-class environmental engineering journal.
"In line with the Ministry of Environment's smart sewage policy project, we have developed AIBROs in cooperation with domestic professional companies that have succeeded in localizing sewage and wastewater treatment process simulation technology," said Kim In-seok, CEO of ECORBIT WATER.
