Artificial neural network modeling of wastewater treatment and desalination using membrane processes: A review

J Jawad, AH Hawari, SJ Zaidi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
The freshwater scarcity is causing a major challenge due to the growing global population.
The brackish water and seawater are the biggest sources of water on the planet. Therefore …

Artificial intelligence as a sustainable tool in wastewater treatment using membrane bioreactors

M Kamali, L Appels, X Yu, TM Aminabhavi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Efforts are currently in progress to commercialize membrane bioreactor (MBR) technologies
already developed at laboratory and pilot scale. To attain this goal, the efficiency of MBRs …

Machine learning: new ideas and tools in environmental science and engineering

S Zhong, K Zhang, M Bagheri, JG Burken… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
The rapid increase in both the quantity and complexity of data that are being generated daily
in the field of environmental science and engineering (ESE) demands accompanied …

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 …

Accelerated gradient algorithm for RBF neural network

HG Han, ML Ma, JF Qiao - Neurocomputing, 2021 - Elsevier
Gradient-based algorithms are commonly used for training radial basis function neural
network (RBFNN). However, one of the challenges in the training process is determining …

A critical review of biomass kinetics and membrane filtration models for membrane bioreactor systems

H Hamedi, O Mohammadzadeh, S Rasouli… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Performance modeling of wastewater treatment systems has now become an attractive area
of investigation for the design, analysis, and optimization of operations. Membrane …

Long-term fouling evolution of polyvinyl chloride ultrafiltration membranes in a hybrid short-length sedimentation/ultrafiltration process for drinking water production

H Yu, H Chang, X Li, Z Zhou, W Song, H Ji… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the rapid increase of ultrafiltration (UF) membranes in water treatment, the UF
performance in large-scale drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) in long-term operation …

Knowledge-based fuzzy broad learning algorithm for warning membrane fouling

HG Han, Q Zhang, Z Liu, JF Qiao - International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2021 - Springer
Membrane fouling is a widespread problem that restricts the stable operation of membrane
bioreactor (MBR) in wastewater treatment process (WWTP). However, it is difficult to avoid …