Modern Wastewater Treatment Solutions
Use fewer polymers and reduce energy consumption to consistently produce a drier sludge cake with ProcessMiner’s advanced water treatment solutions. Our platform optimizes the sludge dewatering process, increasing plant performance and efficiency while reducing costs.
Addressing Top Challenges with Artificial Intelligence
Rapid population growth and tighter regulations call for advanced wastewater treatment strategies that extend existing budgets while improving workforce productivity. ProcessMiner’s wastewater treatment solutions use AI and intelligent sensors and meters to continuously monitor and autonomously optimize polymer dosage, producing a consistently dry sludge cake. This can reduce polymer and energy costs while increasing plant efficiency.
Our turnkey applied science solution works seamlessly with existing IT/OT infrastructure and requires no large capital expenditures. It proactively addresses some of the top challenges, such as:
Rising Operational Costs
Inefficient wastewater treatment increases energy consumption, carbon footprint, disposal, and operational costs. Our platform improves treatment by optimizing key control elements of the sludge dewatering process, reducing the costs of chemistry, energy, sludge transportation, and incineration.
Dosing/Quality Variations
Pollutants like PFAS and microplastics require an improved water treatment strategy. ProcessMiner is a modern approach to continuously assessing water quality and adjusting polymer dosage in real-time, ensuring consistent production of a drier sludge cake.
Supply Chain Disruption
Unpredictable polymer availability can disrupt wastewater operations. Our platform optimizes polymer use, reducing supply chain disruption to maintain uninterrupted, cost-efficient wastewater treatment processes despite market changes. It also supports A/B polymer control testing for evaluating chemical supplier options.
24/7 Operational Demands
Continuous operation poses a significant challenge. ProcessMiner automates the sludge dewatering process, freeing plant staff to focus on other critical day-to-day activities. This makes sure workers use their time more efficiently.
Growing Regulations & Sustainability
Keeping up with regulations can be challenging, exposing wastewater operations to risks of non-compliance. Our platform simplifies the dewatering process, reducing waste, PFAS, and microplastics, and keeps filtrate quality steady to comply with changing regulations.
The High Costs of Inefficiency: Optimizing Wastewater Treatment
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Digital Transformation in Wastewater Treatment
Using emerging technologies for wastewater treatment for industrial and municipal wastewater systems requires a 360° view of data. Our platform enables this, delivering process improvement, automated corrective action, and timely adjustment to key operational control elements to help you by:
- Predicting out-of-spec outcomes
- Recommending corrective actions
- Executing corrective actions in real
- Supporting A/B polymer control testing
AI in Action – How It Works
ProcessMiner’s advanced water treatment software solution optimizes sludge dewatering through a five-step process.
Step 1: Data Integration
Our platform ingests historical and real-time process data from sensors, historian and quality systems, setting the stage for comprehensive process analysis.
Step 2: Predictive Analytics
Using machine learning, ProcessMiner forecasts process results and identifies opportunities for improvement.
Step 3: Operational Recommendations
The platform provides data-driven insights and guidance to refine operations and preempt issues.
Step 4: Autonomous Adjustments
ProcessMiner’s closed-loop system activates automatic, real-time corrective action to reduce the need for manual oversight.
Step 5: Continuous Optimization
The platform’s adaptive and self-learning technology continuously improves results without retraining models or needing data scientists on staff.
The Value of Continuous Improvement
As processes become more refined with each cycle, you gain a range of benefits that go beyond the bottom line.
Cost Savings
Each 1% reduction in sludge cake moisture can save up to $100,000 annually.
Increased Resiliency
Optimizing polymer use for a robust sludge dewatering process can reduce supply chain dependence.
Greater Productivity
Automated polymer dosing and predictive insights can boost labor efficiency and equipment uptime, streamlining operations.
Improved Sustainability
Consistent filtrate quality and reducing environmental pollutants help ensure regulatory compliance.
The ProcessMiner Difference
Most wastewater treatment solutions promise improvement. But the key lies in the ease of use and time to value. Here’s what sets ProcessMiner apart.
Turnkey Solution
- Simplified installation
- Seamless compatibility with existing systems
- Zero capital expenditure needed
Applied AI and Machine Learning
- Evolving, intelligent data models
- Ongoing self-enhancement
- Configurable to meet unique process demands
Real-time, continuous automation
- Consistent, repeatable, and measurable results
- 24×7 manual or autonomous operation
- Real-time adjustments to optimize efficiency
Use Case
Adopting emerging technologies like AI and machine learning is a growing necessity for wastewater treatment plants. Here’s how you can benefit from our platform.
Optimize Wastewater Treatment
Municipal wastewater treatment facilities can use AI to decrease the use of polymers during the sludge dewatering process. This lowers the cost of operations as the platform analyzes historical and real-time data from in-line sensors to predict outcomes and deliver the optimal polymer dosage.