Project progress Summary of progress month 6, June 2004 The first six months of the project have constituted a preparation phase to place the foundation for and streamline further work. Efforts have been devoted to analysing and describing the two industrial process case studies, steel manufacturing at SSAB Oxelösund AB and the Stockholm Vatten AB wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). For both processes historical data have been collected and some initial work on evaluation of process data have been made. In the steel plant the HIPCON project will mainly focus on the steel making part of the process, e.g. the so-called LD converter process. A key objective is to reduce and predict slopping in the LD converter which is of relevance both economically and environmentally. In the WWTP the focus will be on chemical precipitation and the activated sludge process. One objective, among others, is to optimise the addition of precipitation chemicals, i.e. to minimise the dosage while maintain a high quality on the effluent and a stable process. Another part of the work during the first six months has focused software requirements and specifications. Functionality and performance requirements for the software prototype have been specified and during the last months of the period work on software architecture has commenced.
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