A CPS-enabled architecture for sewer mining systems

Abstract

This work presents the architectural concept for real-time/stored data monitoring and control of a small packaged plant for urban sewer-mining, the corresponding ICT infrastructure and web based operator dashboard. An interoperable communication platform is designed in order to enable acquisition, integration, processing, and distribution of monitoring, alerting, management and control functions from the physical sensors to the Internet, using Sensor Web Enablement standards through a Service Oriented Architecture approach. Thus, fostering the paradigm of Cyber-Physical System (CPS) for sustainable water solutions and resources utilization. A responsive and user-friendly graphical interface has been designed with reporting, configuration and data analysis capabilities. The ICT and web platform has been developed using low cost embedded devices, WLAN infrastructure and open source S/W. It has been integrated and tested at a pilot packaged plant installation consisting of a membrane bioreactor coupled with nano-filtration and reverse osmosis membranes and industrial water quality sensors and probes.