Wastewater Filter Algorithm Updates From Used Filter Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional water treatment systems lack the ability to generate or update algorithms based on the analysis of used filters, as they assume disposable cartridges, hindering efficient management and optimization.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device that includes an acquisition unit, analysis unit, and update unit to manage and analyze filter performance and water quality, enabling algorithm generation and updates for water treatment systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If cartridge filters are assumed to be disposable, then device complexity is reduced, but loss of information occurs because filter performance data cannot be utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by collecting filter performance data from used filters, analyzing it through multiple analysis units, and using the results to update algorithms for water treatment optimization. This creates a closed-loop system where filter data informs future treatment processes
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of completely discarding used filters, the system recovers valuable performance information from them through analysis. The filter data is extracted and utilized to improve water treatment algorithms, transforming waste into useful information
2Productivity
If filter performance analysis is implemented, then productivity is improved through optimization, but device complexity increases due to additional analysis units
Solution Approach 1:
The analysis system is segmented into multiple specialized units: an analysis unit for basic filter analysis, a first analysis unit for performance evaluation, and a second analysis unit for algorithm generation. This modular segmentation allows complex analysis functions to be distributed across independent components
Solution Approach 2:
The information processing device performs multiple functions: it collects filter data, analyzes filter performance, evaluates treatment effectiveness, and generates optimization algorithms. This multi-functionality consolidates what could be separate systems into a single versatile platform
Data Source
AI summary
Appropriately generate or update algorithms for a water circulation management system. In a filter management server having a processor for managing the water circulation management system equipped with various sensors including a treated water sensor and a drainage water sensor, for treating drainage water using one or more filters, the processor acquires, using the various sensors, predetermined information necessary for analysis of each of performance of the filters and status of use by a user of a water utilization unit. The processor generates, by analyzing the predetermined information and based on information from the various sensors, information related to timing of replacement of the one or more filters, and user use information including use status of a water utilization unit by the user and water use information including water pollution degree. The processor executes control to notify the user of the water use information and the user use information.