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    COD and NH<inf>4</inf>-N estimation in the inflow of Wastewater Treatment Plants using Machine Learning Techniques


    Kern, Peter, Wolf, Christian, Gaida, Daniel, Bongards, Michael and McLoone, Sean (2014) COD and NH<inf>4</inf>-N estimation in the inflow of Wastewater Treatment Plants using Machine Learning Techniques. In: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 18-22 August 2014, Taipei.

    Abstract

    The in-line measurement of COD and NH4-N in the WWTP inflow is crucial for the timely monitoring of biological wastewater treatment processes and for the development of advanced control strategies for optimized WWTP operation. As a direct measurement of COD and NH4-N requires expensive and high maintenance in-line probes or analyzers, an approach estimating COD and NH4-N based on standard and spectroscopic in-line inflow measurement systems using Machine Learning Techniques is presented in this paper. The results show that COD estimation using Radom Forest Regression with a normalized MSE of 0.3, which is sufficiently accurate for practical applications, can be achieved using only standard in-line measurements. In the case of NH4-N, a good estimation using Partial Least Squares Regression with a normalized MSE of 0.16 is only possible based on a combination of standard and spectroscopic in-line measurements. Furthermore, the comparison of regression and classification methods shows that both methods perform equally well in most cases.
    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
    Keywords: Probes; Estimation; Standards; Support vector machines; Kernel; Wastewater; Temperature measurement;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering
    Item ID: 20860
    Identification Number: 10.1109/CoASE.2014.6899419
    Depositing User: IR Editor
    Date Deposited: 25 Nov 2025 15:40
    Journal or Publication Title: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
    Publisher: IEEE
    Refereed: Yes
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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