Telemac is a R&D project from 1 September 2001 - 31 August 2004,
supported by the IST Programme of the European Union (project no. IST-2000-28156).
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Conference proceedings
pdf C.A. Aceves-Lara, E. Aguilar-Garnica, V. Alcaraz-González, O. González-Reynoso, J-Ph. Steyer, V. González-Álvarez:
"Kinetic and Yield parameters estimation in an anaerobic digestion process using successive quadratic programming (SQP)",
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10), Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1329-1334, 29th august-2nd september 2004.
pdf V. Alcaraz-González, J. Harmand, A. Rapaport, J-Ph. Steyer, V. González-Álvarez, C. Pelayo-Ortiz:
"Robust interval-based siso regulation in anaerobic digestion",
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10), Montreal, Canada, vol. 1, pp. 337-342, 29 August-2 September 2004.
V. Alcaraz-González, J. Harmand, A. Rapaport, J.P. Steyer y V. González-Alvarez.
Observadores robustos de intervalo: Una nueva clase de sensores para procesos qu micos y biol gicos altamente inciertos.
6, Congreso Interamericano de Computación Aplicada a la Industria de Procesos, CAIP Dt2003. 20-23 October 2003. Puebla, Mexico
pdf Alcaraz-González V., Harmand J., Dochain D., Rapaport A., Steyer J.P., Pelayo Ortiz C., and González-Alvarez V.
A Robust Asymptotic Observer for Chemical and Biochemical Reactors.
ROCOND 25-27 June 2003. Milan, Italy. 6 pages on CD-ROM.
O. Bernard and B.Chachuat "Design and practical use of probabilistic observers for mass-balance based bioprocess models".
In Proceedings of the DYCOPS-7 conference. Cambridge, U.S.A. 2004.
O. Bernard and J.-L. Gouzé. Multi-observateurs en boucle fermée pour des modèles biotechnologiques mal connus.
In Proceedings of the CIFA conference. CD-ROM. Douz, Tunisia. 2004.
pdf O. Bernard, Dantec, B. L., B.Chahuat, Steyer, J.-P., Lardon, L., Lambert, S., Ratini, P., Lema, J., Ruiz, G., J.Rodriguez, Vanrolleghem, P., U.Zaher, Pauw, D. D., Neve, K. D., Lievens, K., D.Dochain, O.Schoefs, R.Farina, Alcaraz-Gonzalez, V., Gonzalez-Alvarez, V., Lemaire, P., Martinez, J., O.Duclaud, and Lavigne, J. (2004) Telemac: an integrated system to remote monitor and control anaerobic wastewater treatment plants through the internet.
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10), Montreal, Canada, vol. 1, pp. 318-323, 29 August-2 September 2004
Bernard, O., Chachuat, B., Helias, A., and Rodriguez, J. (2004).
Can we assess the model complexity for a bioprocess? theory and example of the anaerobic digestion process.
Accepted for the Watermatex IWA conference on Systems analysis and integration assessment 2004. Beijing, China.
[.zip] Bernard, O. (2003).
Obstacles and challenges for modelling biological wastewater treatment processes.
In Proceedings of the Conference Automatique et Agronomie, to appear. Montpellier, France, 22-24 January 2003.
Bernard, O. and Bastin, G.
Identification of reaction schemes for bioprocesses : determination of an incompletely known yield matrix.
In Proceedings of ECC03, Cambridge, UK, 2003.
Bernard, O. and Gouzé, J.-L.
Closed loop observers bundle for uncertain biotechnological models.
In Proceedings of CAB9, CD-ROM. Nancy, France.
B.Chachuat and O. Bernard
"Développement d'observateurs probabilistes pour les bioprocédés modélisés par bilan de masse".
In Proceedings of the CIFA conference. CD-ROM. Douz, Tunisia. 2004.
pdf B. Chachuat, O. Bernard, J.A. Martinez
Design of Probabilistic Software Sensors for Anaerobic Digestion
Montoring [TELEMAC Contribution #3]
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10), Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1312-1315, 29 August-2 September 2004.
pdf B. Chachuat, O. Bernard, J.-P. Steyer
Modelling Anaerobic Digestion for Control Purpose: Which Model
Complexity and Which Parameter Accuracy [TELEMAC Contribution #2]
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10), Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1308-1311, 29 August-2 September 2004.
pdf Chachuat, B. and Bernard, O.
Design of probabilistic observers for mass-balance based bioprocess models.
In Proceedings of CAB9 CD-ROM. Nancy, France.
K. De Neve, K. Lievens, J.P. Steyer, P. Vanrolleghem
Development of an On-Line Titrimetric Analyser for the Determination of Volatile Fatty Acids, Bicarbonate, and Alkalinity (TELEMAC Contribution #7)
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10), Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1316-1318, 29 August-2 September 2004.
D.J.W. De Pauw and P.A. Vanrolleghem
"Designing and performing experiments for model calibration using an automated iterative procedure"
Accepted for the Watermatex conference 2004 on Systems analysis and integration assessment.
Beijing, China
D.J.W. De Pauw, U. Zaher, P.A. Vanrolleghem
"Protocol and Optimal Experimental Design to Set Up a Monitoring and Control System at an Anaerobic Digester"
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10),
Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1319-1324, 29 August-2 September 2004.
M. Dixon, J. Gallop, S. Lambert, L. Lardon, J-Ph. Steyer, J. Healy: "
Data mining to support anaerobic WWT plant monitoring and control", Web-based Conference Manager Tool (WCMT)
IFAC Conference, 29 September – 1 October 2004. Venice, Italiy (accepted).
pdf M. Dupla, T. Conte, J.C. Bouvier, N. Bernet, J-Ph. Steyer:
"Dynamic evaluation of a fixed bed anaerobic digestion process in response to toxic shocks",
IWA Chemical Industry Group Conference 2002 on Trends in Sustainable Production, 13-15 November 2002, Nimes, France, pp. 109-116.
R. Farina, O. Bernard, J.P. Steyer, T. Conte, J. Lema, E. Roca, G. Ruiz, A. Franco, C. Cellamare, A. Spagni, J.A. Martinez
"isassumptions in COD Measurement in Wastewaters Containing High Concentration of VFA [TELEMAC Contribution #9]"
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10),
Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1325-1328, 29 August-2 September 2004.
R. Farina, C.M. Cellamare, L. Stante, A. Giordano
Pilot Scale Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactor for Distillery Wastewater Treatment
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10),
Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1381-1386, 29 August-2 September 2004.
[.zip] Fruchard, M., Bernard, O., and Gouzé, J.-L. (2002).
Interval observers with confidence levels. Application to the activated sludge process.
In Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress, pages CD--ROM. Barcelona, Spain
J. Gallop, M. Dixon, J. Healy, S. Lambert, L. Lardon, J-Ph. Steyer:
"The use of Data Mining for the Monitoring and Control of Anaerobic Waste Water Treatment Plants",
Fourth International Workshop on Environmental Applications of Machine Learning, ECEM/EAML
27-29 September 2004, Bled, Slovenia (accepted).
F. Grognard and O. Bernard
"Stability analysis of a wastewater treatment plant with saturated control"
Accepted for the Watermatex conference 2004 on Systems analysis and integration assessment. Beijing, China
pdf L. Lardon, O. Bernard and J-Ph. Steyer:
"Application du modèle des croyances transférables pour le diagnostic d'un réseau de capteurs et d'observateurs : application a un procédé de traitement des eaux",
Proc. of CIFA 2004 (Conférence Internationale Francophone en Automatique), Douz, Tunisie, 22-24 Novembre 2004 (accepté).
pdf L. Lardon, A. Punal, J-Ph. Steyer, J.A. Martinez:
"Modular expert system for the diagnosis of operating conditions of industrial anaerobic digestion plants",
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion 2004 (AD10), Montreal, Canada, vol. 1, pp. 324-329, 29 August-2 September 2004.
pdf L. Lardon, J-Ph. Steyer:
"Combinaison de classificateurs flous basée sur la théorie de Dempster-Shafer: application à un réacteur biologique",
Conférence sur la Logique Floue et ses Applications, LFA, Nantes, France, 2004 (accepté).
pdf L. Lardon, J-Ph. Steyer: "Using evidence theory for diagnosis of sensors networks: application to a wastewater treatment process",
18th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(IJCAI'2003), Workshop on Environmental Decision Suport Systems (EDSS'03),
Acapulco, Mexico, 9-15 Août 2003, pp. 29-36.
pdf L. Lardon, A. Punal, J-Ph. Steyer, E. Roca, J. Lema, S. Lambert, P. Ratini, S. Frattesi, O. Bernard:
"Specifications of Modular Internet-Based Remote Supervision Systems for Wastewater Treatment Plants",
15th biennial European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI'2002),
Workshop 14 : Binding Environmental Sciences and Artificial Intelligence,
pp. 5.1-5.5, 21-26 July 2002, Lyon, France.
pdf L. Mailleret, A. Hélias, O. Bernard, J. Rodríguez, G. Ruiz, E. Roca
Use of an ADM1 Based Virtual Plant for Validation of a Simple and Adaptive Closed Loop Controller [TELEMAC Contribution #14]
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10), Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1335-1340, 29 August-2 September 2004.
L. Mailleret, O. Bernard J-Ph. Steyer:
"Robust regulation of anaerobic digestion processes",
IWA VII Latin American Workshop and Symposium on Anaerobic Digestion, pp. 10-111, 22-25 October 2002, Merida, Mexico.
[.zip] L. Mailleret, O. Bernard, J-Ph. Steyer:
"Contrôle asymptotique non lin )aire des fermenteurs anaérobies",
Conférence Internationale Francophone d'Automatique, pp. 301-306, Nantes, France 8-10 July 2002.
[.ps.gz] Mailleret, L. and Bernard, O. (2001):
A simple robust controller to stabilise an anaerobic digestion process.
In Proceedings of the computer applications in biotechnology-CAB8, pages 213--218. Quebec, 24-27 June 2001.
pdf H. Mendez-Acosta, R. Femat, V. Gonzalez-Alvarez, J-Ph. Steyer:
"Substrate regulation in an anaerobic digester based on geometric control",
Congreso Latinoamericano de Control Automatico 2 CLCA 2002, 4-6 Décembre 2002, Guadalajara, Mexico.
M. Moisan and O.Bernard "Interval Observers for non monotone systems. Application to bioprocess models".
Submitted to the 16th IFAC World conference 2005
pdf P. Neveu, L. Lardon, C. Hacquardt, B. Simon, J-Ph. Steyer:
"PlantML, un langage pour la gestion répartie de bioprocédés",
3ème colloque STIC et Environnement, Rouen, France, 19-20 June 2003, pp. 197-200.
pdf A. Puñal, L. Palazotto, L. Lardon, J-Ph. Steyer:
"Compared Fuzzy Logic approaches for automatic control of CH4 flow-rate production and VFA effluent concentration in anerobic digestion",
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10), Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1345-1349, 29 August-2 September 2004.
pdf A. Puñal, L. Palazzotto, J.C. Bouvier, T. Conte, J.Ph. Steyer and J.P. Delgenes:
"Automatic control of VFA in anaerobic digestion using a fuzzy logic based approach", IWA VII Latin American Workshop and Symposium on Anaerobic Digestion, pp. 126-133, 22-25 October 2002, Merida, Mexico
G. Ruiz, M. Castellano, W. González, E. Roca and J.M. Lema. 2004.
Transient state detection and prediction of organic overload in anaerobic digestion process using statistical tools. 9th International symposium on computer applications in biotechnology (CAB9). March 2004. Nancy – France. pp 82
G. Ruiz, M. Castellano, W. González, E. Roca and J.M. Lema. 2004.
Algorithm for steady state detection of multivariate process: Application to anaerobic wastewater digestion process. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International IWA Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring (AutMoNet). G. Langergraber, S. Winkler, N. Fleischmann, A. Pressl and R. Haberl (eds). BOKU University. April 2004. Vienna – Austria. Pp 181-188.
Ruiz, G., Castellano, M., González, W., Roca, E. y Lema, J.M. 2004.
Detección temprana de sobrecargas en digestores anaerobios mediante análisis multivariante. BIOTEC Congress 2004. SEBIOT. Oviedo July, 19-23, 2004, pp: 349.
G. Ruiz, J. Rodríguez, E. Roca, J.M. Lema
"Modification of the IWA-ADM1 for Application to Anaerobic Treatment of Ethanolic Wastewater from Wine Factories [TELEMAC Contribution #4]"
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10),
Montreal, Canada, vol. 3, pp. 1341-1344, 29 August-2 September 2004.
pdf G. Ruiz, E. Roca y J.M. Lema. 2002.
Selección de variables para la identificaci n de estados no estacionarios en la operaci n de reactores anaerobios.
VII Taller y Simposio Latinoamericano sobre Digesti n Anaerobia. Mérida, México.
R. Salazar-Peña, V. Alcaraz-González, J.L. Gouzé, y V. González-Alvarez.
Observador asint tico ajustable para reactores (bio)qu micos. Aplicaci n a la digestiôn anaerobia.
6, Congreso Interamericano de Computaci n Aplicada a la Industria de Procesos, CAIP Dt2003. 20-23 October 2003. Puebla, México
pdf O. Schoefs, D. Dochain, H. Fibrianto, J-Ph. Steyer:
"Modelling and Identification of a Distributed-Parameter Model for an Anaerobic
Wastewater Treatment Process",
IEEE Multiconference on "Computational Engineering in Systems Applications", 9-11 Juillet 2003, Lille, 6, pages sur CDROM.
pdf J-Ph. Steyer, L. Lardon, O. Bernard:
"Sensors networks and uncertainty management in anaerobic digestion processes",
Plenary lecture at 2nd International IWA Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring - Automonet'2004,
Vienna, Austria, 19-20 April 2004 (accepted for publication in Water Science and Technology).
[.zip] Steyer, J.-P. and Bernard, O. (2003):
An example of the benefits obtained from the long term use of mathematical models in wastewater biological treatment.
In Proceedings of the mathmod conference, pp 245-251, 5-7 February 2003, Vienna.
pdf J-P. Steyer, L. Lardon, J-C. Bouvier, T. Conte, P Neveu, Luc Menut, B. Simon, C. Hacquart.
"Instrumentation et gestion de l'information en traitement des eaux"
AutoAgro 2003 Colloque Automatique et Agronomie Montpellier, 22-24 January 2003
P.A. Vanrolleghem, C. Rosen, U. Zaher, J. Copp, L. Benedetti, E. Ayesa, U. Jeppsson
Continuity-Based Interfacing of Models for Wastewater Systems Described by Peterson Matrices
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10),
Montreal, Canada, vol. 1, pp. 187-192, 29 August-2 September 2004..
pdf Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Dae Sung Lee (2002)
ON-LINE MONITORING EQUIPMENT FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES: STATE OF THE ART
In: Proceedings International IWA Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring (AutMoNet2002).
Vienna, Austria, 21-22 May 2002.
U. Zaher, J.C. Bouvier, J.P. Steyer, P.A. Vanrolleghem "Titrimetric Monitoring of Anaerobic Digestion: VFA, Alkalinities and More"
Proc. of 10th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD10), Montreal, Canada, vol. 1, pp.330-336 , 29 August-2 September 2004.
Zaher U., Rodríguez J., Franco A. and Vanrolleghem P.A. (2003)
Application of the IWA ADM1 model to simulate anaerobic digester dynamics using a concise set of practical measurements.
In: Proceedings IWA Conference on Environmental Biotechnology. Advancement on Water and Wastewater Applications in the Tropics. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 9-10 2003. (on CD-ROM).
pdf Zaher U., de Gracia M. and Vanrolleghem P.A. (2002)
Implementation of anaerobic digestion models for plant wide modelling and performance benchmarking.
In: Proceedings 7th Latin American Workshop and Symposium on Anaerobic Digestion. Merida, Mexico, October 22-25 2002.
Scientific Journals
pdf V. Alcaraz-González, J. Harmand, A. Rapaport, J-Ph. Steyer, V. González-Alvarez, C. Pelayo-Ortiz:
"Application of a robust interval observer to an anaerobic digestion process",
Developments in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing Journal (accepted)
pdf TELEMAC : an integrated system to remote monitor and control anaerobic wastewater treatment plants through the internet
By O. Bernard, B. Chachuat, A. Hélias, B. Le Dantec, B. Sialve, J.-P. Steyer, L. Lardon, P.Neveu, S. Lambert, J. Gallop, M. Dixon, P.
Ratini, A. Quintabà, S. Frattesi, J.M. Lema, E. Roca, G. Ruiz, J.Rodriguez, A.Franco, P. Vanrolleghem, U.Zaher, D.J.W. De Pauw, K. De Neve, K. Lievens, D. Dochain, O. Schoefs, H. Fibrianto, R. Farina, V. Alcaraz Gonzalez, V. Gonzalez Alvarez, P. Lemaire, J.A. Martinez, F. Esandi, O. Duclaud and J.F. Lavigne.
To appear in Water Science and Technology
O. Bernard and Bastin G.
Identification of reaction schemes for bioprocesses : determination of an incompletely known yield matrix,
Bioprocess and Biosystem Engineering, accepted
Bernard, O. and Gouzé, J.-L. (2004)
Closed loop observers bundle for uncertain biotechnological models.
J. Process. Contr., 14 :7 :765-774, 2004
M. Dixon, J. Gallop, S. Lambert, J. Healy,
"Experience with data mining for the anaerobic wastewater treatment process", Systems Analysis Modelling Simulation (to appear).
pdf M. Dupla, T. Conte, J.C. Bouvier, N. Bernet, J-Ph. Steyer
"Dynamic evaluation of a fixed bed anaerobic digestion process in response to toxic shocks",
Water Science Technology, vol. 49, n°1, pp 6168, 2004.
R. Escudié, T. Conte, J-Ph Steyer, J-Ph. Delgenès:
"Hydrodynamic and biokinetic models of an anaerobic fixed-bed reactor", Process Biochemistry, (accepted)
pdf L. Lardon, A. Punal, J-Ph. Steyer:
"On-line diagnosis and uncertainty management in biological wastewater treatment processes",
Journal of Process Control, vol. 14, pp. 747-763, 2004.
pdf Mailleret, L., Bernard, O., and Steyer, J. (2004)
Robust nonlinear adaptive control for bioreactors with unknown kinetics.
Automatica, vol. 40, n°8, pp. 1379-1385, Août 2004.
[.zip] L. Mailleret, O. Bernard, J-Ph. Steyer (2003)
"Robust regulation of anaerobic digestion processes",
Water Science & Technology, vol. 48, n°6, pp. 87-94, 2003.
[.zip] Mailleret, L. and O. Bernard and J.P. Steyer (2003)
Contrôle asymptotique non-linéaire des fermenteurs anaérobie,
Journal Européen des systèmes automatisés, 37: 275-286
pdf A. Puñal, L. Palazzotto, J.C. Bouvier, T. Conte, J.Ph. Steyer and J.P. Delgenes:
"Automatic control of VFA in anaerobic digestion using a fuzzy logic based approach",
Water Science Technology, vol. 48, n°6, pp. 103-110, 2003.
pdf J-Ph. Steyer, L. Lardon, O. Bernard:
"Sensors networks and uncertainty management in anaerobic digestion processes",
accepted for publication in Water Science and Technology.
Zaher U., Rodríguez J., Franco A. and Vanrolleghem P.A. (2004)
Conceptual approach for ADM1 application.
WEMS, ISBN 1 84339 503 7, pp 249-258.
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