The use of online measuring equipment is of central importance for the monitoring and control of large industrial plants. In environmental technology, in particular, critical process states require to be recorded in good time using measuring equipment and limiting values are to be observed at all times.
Measurement techniques in the fields of wastewater and biogas have gone through a rapid development from expensive wet-chemical analysis cabinets to reasonably-priced online process probes. The advantage of this new generation of measuring devices lies, in addition to the lower procurement costs, in their compact design and simplicity with which they can be operated.
Through the use of innovative ion-selective ammonium probes and the latest UV/vis-spectroscopic measuring probes in current research projects our research group has a lot of experience in the use of the most up-to-date measurement equipment. In addition, we follow the latest developments on the market and carry out thorough tests on large-scale plants.
The improved monitoring of wastewater treatment plants and biogas plants using the most up-to-date online measurement equipment is one of the most important prerequisites for the development of innovative and intelligent control and optimisation concepts that are as closely matched as possible to the processes involved and which have already proved themselves in practice.
