The continuous-flow aerobic granular sludge-membrane bioreactor (AGS-MBR) system represents an efficient and sustainable technology for wastewater treatment. AGS, a spherical or ellipsoidal granular sludge formed through microbial self-aggregation un...
International journal of biological macromolecules
Jun 1, 2025
The disposal of recalcitrant dyes in aquatic environments from various industrial sectors is a threat to both the plant and animal kingdom. The presence of dyes in various water bodies undermines the availability of uncontaminated drinking water and ...
Membrane fouling remains a significant challenge in the operation of membrane bioreactors (MBRs). Plant operators rely heavily on observations of filtration performance from noisy sensor data to assess membrane fouling conditions and lab-based protoc...
Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation
May 1, 2025
Efficient prediction of pollutant concentrations in constructed wetlands is critical for optimizing treatment performance, yet existing methodologies often fail to account for the influence of meteorological conditions and flow rate variations in rea...
Effluent quality prediction is critical for optimizing Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, and promoting environmental sustainability. This study evaluates the performance of five supervised learning models-A...
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Jun 1, 2023
To prevent the pollution of water resources, the measurement and the limitation of wastewater discharges are required. Despite the progress in the field of data acquisition systems, sensors are subject to malfunctions that can bias the evaluation of ...
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Dec 1, 2022
The biological treatment process (BTP) is responsible for removing chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonia using microorganisms present in wastewater. The BTP consumes large quantities of energy due to the transfer of oxygen using air pumps/blowers....
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Apr 1, 2020
An unconventional cascade control system, for the regulation of air supply in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), was tested. The dissolved oxygen (DO) set point in the aeration tank was dynamically calculated based on effluent ammo...
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Apr 1, 2020
This paper outlines a hybrid modeling approach to facilitate weather-based operation and energy optimization for the largest Italian wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Two clustering methods, K-means algorithm and Gaussian mixture model (GMM) based o...
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Jul 1, 2019
Wastewater flow forecasting is key for proper management of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, to predict the amount of incoming wastewater in WWTPs, wastewater engineers face challenges arising from numerous complexities and uncertainties...
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