Artificial intelligence-incorporated membrane fouling prediction for membrane-based processes in the past 20 years: A critical review

C Niu, X Li, R Dai, Z Wang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling is one of major obstacles in the application of membrane technologies.
Accurately predicting or simulating membrane fouling behaviours is of great significance to …

A review on membrane fouling prediction using artificial neural networks (ANNs)

WH Abuwatfa, N AlSawaftah, N Darwish, WG Pitt… - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Membrane fouling is a major hurdle to effective pressure-driven membrane processes, such
as microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), and reverse osmosis (RO) …

Advanced control of membrane fouling in filtration systems using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques: A critical review

M Bagheri, A Akbari, SA Mirbagheri - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper critically reviews all artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
techniques for the better control of membrane fouling in filtration processes, with the focus …

Recent advances in the prediction of fouling in membrane bioreactors

Y Shi, Z Wang, X Du, B Gong, V Jegatheesan, IU Haq - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Compared to the traditional activated sludge process, the membrane bioreactor (MBR) has
several advantages such as the production of high-quality effluent, generation of low excess …

Evaluation of membrane fouling models based on bench-scale experiments: a comparison between constant flowrate blocking laws and artificial neural network …

QF Liu, SH Kim - Journal of Membrane Science, 2008 - Elsevier
Both the blocking laws and ANNs models have been used frequently in membrane filtration
process in recent years. However, specially applying these models in constant flowrate …

Membrane fouling prediction and uncertainty analysis using machine learning: A wastewater treatment plant case study

DJ Kovacs, Z Li, BW Baetz, Y Hong, S Donnaz… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have proven to be an extremely effective wastewater
treatment process combining ultrafiltration with biological processes to produce high-quality …

Prediction of microfiltration membrane fouling using artificial neural network models

QF Liu, SH Kim, S Lee - Separation and Purification Technology, 2009 - Elsevier
In this study, artificial neural network (ANN) models were applied to predict the performance
of microfiltration (MF) system for water treatment. A series of bench scale experiments were …

Deep neural networks for modeling fouling growth and flux decline during NF/RO membrane filtration

S Park, SS Baek, JC Pyo, Y Pachepsky, J Park… - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mathematical models have been developed to obtain a better understanding of membrane
fouling mechanisms. However, those models could not simulate the membrane fouling …

A practical hybrid modelling approach for the prediction of potential fouling parameters in ultrafiltration membrane water treatment plant

CM Chew, MK Aroua, MA Hussain - Journal of Industrial and Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel approach combining first principle equation of Darcy's law on cake
filtration and artificial neural network (ANN) predictive models were utilized to represent the …

Membrane fouling for produced water treatment: A review study from a process control perspective

KL Jepsen, MV Bram, S Pedersen, Z Yang - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
The offshore oil and gas industry is experiencing increasing water cuts as the reservoirs
mature. The increase in produced water stresses the currently deployed deoiling …