Journal
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106847
Keywords
Data-driven machine learning; Machine learning; Managed aquifer recharge system; Pharmaceutical products (PPs); Reclaimed water
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) from the Korean government (MSIT) [NRF-2020R1F1A1076676, NRF-2021R1I1A1A0105783111]
- Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia [TURSP-2020/136]
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Experimental and data-driven modeling techniques, including multilayer perceptron and gene expression programming, were used to predict the removal of pharmaceutical products from reclaimed water through a managed aquifer recharge system. The gene expression programming models showed higher accuracy than the multilayer perceptron models, indicating their potential for better predictions and mathematical relationships in future studies. Data-driven machine learning models can effectively predict pharmaceutical product removal and reduce experimental workload.
Owing to their persistent nature, pharmaceutical products (PPs) are emerging as potent water pollutants. Here, experimental and data-driven modeling, specifically multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural networking and gene expression programming (GEP), was employed to predict the removal of the most common antihypertensive and antibiotic drugs, namely propranolol and trimethoprim, from reclaimed water (RW) through a managed aquifer recharge system (MARS). The characteristics of RW and soil used as the column medium, including operating time (days); pH; dissolved organic carbon; electrical conductivity; and concentration of nitrogen dioxide, nitrate, sulfate, ferrous, chloride, and manganese, were included as the input parameters and removal of the selected PPs as the model output. A dataset was created through an experimental study conducted over a year of continuous operation of MARS to predict the removal of the selected PPs. MLP and GEP models were developed for one of the selected PPs and tested for the other to determine model reliability. The developed models were assessed using statistical performance matrices. The experimental results showed over 80% propranolol and trimethoprim removal from RW through MARS. The proposed GEP predictive models for propranolol and trimethoprim removal showed higher accuracy (R-2 = 0.91 and 0.87, respectively) than the MLP models (R-2 = 0.827 and 0.756, respectively). Therefore, the proposed GEP models provide better predictions and mathematical relationships for future studies. Thus, data-driven machine learning models can predict the removal of specific PPs from RW through MARS and minimize the experimental workload.
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