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 …

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 …

A review of membrane wettability for the treatment of saline water deploying membrane distillation

M Yao, LD Tijing, G Naidu, SH Kim, H Matsuyama… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is an alternative membrane technology that offers the capacity to
treat highly saline water including industrial wastewater, seawater, brine water from other …

Modified Whale Optimization Algorithm based ANN: a novel predictive model for RO desalination plant

R Mahadeva, M Kumar, V Gupta, G Manik, SP Patole - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
In recent decades, nature-inspired optimization methods have played a critical role in
helping industrial plant designers to find superior solutions for process parameters …

A review on state-of-the-art applications of data-driven methods in desalination systems

P Behnam, M Faegh, M Khiadani - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
The substitution of conventional mathematical models with fast and accurate modeling tools
can result in the further development of desalination technologies and tackling the need for …

Employing artificial neural network for accurate modeling, simulation and performance analysis of an RO-based desalination process

R Mahadeva, M Kumar, SP Patole, G Manik - … Computing: Informatics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we implement sustainable soft computing via application of Artificial Neural
Networks (ANN) to predict the desalination plant output more accurately. The proposed ANN …

Concentrate circularity: a comparative techno-economic analysis of membrane distillation and conventional inland concentrate management technologies

V Felix, M Hardikar, KL Hickenbottom - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Inland desalination with reverse osmosis (RO) offers a promising alternative to increase
potable water resources. However, large volumes of concentrated brine are generated as a …

A novel AGPSO3-based ANN prediction approach: application to the RO desalination plant

R Mahadeva, M Kumar, A Goel, SP Patole… - Arabian Journal for …, 2023 - Springer
One of the critical issues faced by the desalination plants is an accurate analysis of their real-
time performance. Soft computing techniques are efficient in overcoming these issues and …

Development of artificial neural networks for performance prediction of a heat pump assisted humidification-dehumidification desalination system

M Faegh, P Behnam, MB Shafii, M Khiadani - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the application of data-driven methods for performance prediction of a heat
pump assisted humidification-dehumidification (HDH-HP) desalination system was …

Review of transport phenomena and popular modelling approaches in membrane distillation

Y Dong, X Dai, L Zhao, L Gao, Z Xie, J Zhang - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the transport phenomena in four common membrane distillation (MD)
configurations and three popular modelling approaches are introduced. The mechanism of …