1. Proceedings
  2. I3M
  3. 2022
  4. SESDE
  5. 10.46354/i3m.2022.sesde.011

Digital Twin for Pilot Plant for Water Treatment 

  • a Agostino G. Bruzzone , 
  • b Kirill Sinelshchikov,  
  • c Antonio Giovannetti,  
  • d Aberto De Paoli,  
  • e Roberto Ferrari,  
  • f Federico Tarone,  
  • g Lucio Piticchio  
  • a,b,c,d,e,f Simulation Team, via Magliotto 2, 17100 Savona, Italy
  • a.b SIM4Future, via Trento 34, Genova, 16145, Italy 
  • g Arconhe, Corso Italia , 69, Catania, 95129, Italy 
Cite as
Bruzzone A.G., Sinelshchikov K., Giovannetti A., De Paoli A., Ferrari R., Gadupuri B., Reverberi A., Tarone F. (2022).,Digital twin for pilot plant for water treatment . Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development & Environment (SESDE 2022). , 011 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2022.sesde.011

Abstract

The aim of the research project is to create a system that integrates live and virtual simulation in order to improve the efficiency and safety of heat exchangers and pipes within chemical industries thanks to an innovative biofilm and Limestone incrustations removal system. The solution presented has the purpose of solubilizing limescale and encrustations thanks to an integrated system that constantly monitors some system parameters and, thanks to the simulation, is able to adapt to the variations with  fine-tuning machine learning algorithms in order to always operate optimally. 

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