Data to intelligence: The role of data-driven models in wastewater treatment

M Bahramian, RK Dereli, W Zhao, M Giberti… - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing energy efficiency in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is becoming more
important. An emerging approach to addressing this issue is to exploit development in data …

Dynamic optimization of a wastewater treatment process for sustainable operation using multi-objective genetic algorithm and non-dominated sorting cuckoo search …

KG Aparna, R Swarnalatha - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) face challenges due to nonlinearity and influent
oscillations. An efficient optimal control system is necessary to improve effluent water quality …

Synthesis, characterization, and application of oxidant-modified biochar prepared from sawdust for sequestration of basic fuchsin: isotherm, kinetics, and toxicity …

VP Varadharaj, G Ramesh, A Kumar… - Biomass Conversion …, 2023 - Springer
Waste recycling and up-cycling strategies are important for the sustainability of resources on
earth, as water is the key to the sustenance of life. In the present study, oxidant-modified …

[HTML][HTML] Digitalization of Phosphorous Removal Process in Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems: Challenges, and Way Forward

AG Sheik, SBN Krishna, R Patnaik, SR Ambati… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Phosphorus in wastewater poses a significant environmental threat, leading to water
pollution and eutrophication. However, it plays a crucial role in the water-energy-resource …

Fractional-order models identification and control within a supervisory control framework for efficient nutrients removal in biological wastewater treatment plants

I Dey, AG Sheik, SR Ambati - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are highly non-linear processes that must be
optimized to meet rigorous environmental water regulations. In this context, efficiency and …

Integrated supervisory and override control strategies for effective biological phosphorus removal and reduced operational costs in wastewater treatment processes

AG Sheik, VSRK Machavolu, MM Seepana, SR Ambati - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel control strategy is developed for a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
consisting of anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic reactors. The idea is to generate more organic …

Event-triggered model predictive control of wastewater treatment plants

S Du, Q Zhang, H Han, H Sun, J Qiao - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with the event-triggered model predictive control (ETMPC) problem
of nitrogen removal process in the wastewater treatment plants. The main objective of this …

Improving wastewater treatment plant performance based on effluent quality, operational costs, and reliability using control strategies for water and sludge lines

M Rajaei, S Nazif - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2022 - Elsevier
As a result of urbanization and population growth, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are
experiencing increased influent flow rates, pollutant loads, and stricter standards for effluent …

Supervisory control configurations design for nitrogen and phosphorus removal in wastewater treatment plants

AG Sheik, MM Seepana… - Water Environment …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Model predictive control (MPC) and Fuzzy controllers are designed in a two‐level
hierarchical supervisory control framework for control of activated sludge‐based wastewater …

A binary-level hybrid intelligent control configuration for sustainable energy consumption in an activated sludge biological wastewater treatment plant

JG Ateunkeng, AT Boum, L Bitjoka - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Biological wastewater treatment plants employ energy-intensive techniques for maintaining
environmental conditions. This paper designs and evaluates a novel binary-level hybrid …