The TELEMAC project has designed a modular and reliable system supporting a remote telemonitoring and telecontrol of small depollution units with no local expertise. By using a network of smart sensors, robust advanced control procedures, fault detection and isolation techniques, a remote expert manages the complex non-linear anaerobic digestion process via internet and assist the local technician. The history of the supervised plants will feed a learning data base in order to improve the process management.

The TELEMAC project brought new methodologies issued from the IST field to the conservative world of water treatment. Generally speaking, the global outcome was a remote monitoring system designed to meet SME Dts expectations, improve depollution, cogeneration process and solve problems automatically or with the help of an expert centre via internet.