Modelling of Water Quality: An Application to a Water Treatment Process

The modelling of water treatment processes is challenging because of its complexity, nonlinearity, and numerous contributory variables, but it is of particular importance since water of low quality causes health-related and economic problems which have a considerable impact on people’s daily lives....

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Main Authors: Petri Juntunen, Mika Liukkonen, Marja Pelo, Markku J. Lehtola, Yrjö Hiltunen
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/846321
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description The modelling of water treatment processes is challenging because of its complexity, nonlinearity, and numerous contributory variables, but it is of particular importance since water of low quality causes health-related and economic problems which have a considerable impact on people’s daily lives. Linear and nonlinear modelling methods are used here to model residual aluminium and turbidity in treated water, using both laboratory and process data as input variables. The approach includes variable selection to find the most important factors affecting the quality parameters. Correlations of ∼0.7–0.9 between the modelled and real values for the target parameters were ultimately achieved. This data analysis procedure seems to provide an efficient means of modelling the water treatment process and defining its most essential variables.
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spelling doaj-art-6aef3774f0de4ee6a06996efd8d8ff522025-08-20T03:34:00ZengWileyApplied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing1687-97241687-97322012-01-01201210.1155/2012/846321846321Modelling of Water Quality: An Application to a Water Treatment ProcessPetri Juntunen0Mika Liukkonen1Marja Pelo2Markku J. Lehtola3Yrjö Hiltunen4Department of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, FinlandDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, FinlandFinnsugar Ltd., Sokeritehtaantie 20, 02460 Kantvik, FinlandDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, FinlandDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, FinlandThe modelling of water treatment processes is challenging because of its complexity, nonlinearity, and numerous contributory variables, but it is of particular importance since water of low quality causes health-related and economic problems which have a considerable impact on people’s daily lives. Linear and nonlinear modelling methods are used here to model residual aluminium and turbidity in treated water, using both laboratory and process data as input variables. The approach includes variable selection to find the most important factors affecting the quality parameters. Correlations of ∼0.7–0.9 between the modelled and real values for the target parameters were ultimately achieved. This data analysis procedure seems to provide an efficient means of modelling the water treatment process and defining its most essential variables.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/846321
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