EDAR 4.0: Machine Learning and Visual Analytics for Wastewater Management

Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) operations manage massive amounts of data that can be gathered with new Industry 4.0 technologies such as the Internet of Things and Big Data. These data are critical to allow the wastewater treatment industry to improve its operation, control, and maintenance. Howe...

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Autores: Velásquez, David, Vallejo, Paola, Toro, Mauricio, Odriozola, Juan, Moreno, Aitor, Naveran, Gorka, Giraldo, Michael, Maiza, Mikel, Sierra Araujo, Basilio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/67950
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/67950
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:data-driven modeling
machine learning
industry 4.0
visual analytics
wastewater management
wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
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Sumario:Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) operations manage massive amounts of data that can be gathered with new Industry 4.0 technologies such as the Internet of Things and Big Data. These data are critical to allow the wastewater treatment industry to improve its operation, control, and maintenance. However, the data available need to be improved and enriched, partly due to their high dimensionality and low reliability, and the lack of appropriate data analysis and processing tools for such systems. This paper presents a visual analytics-based platform for WWTP that allows users to identify relationships among data through data inspection. The results show that the tool developed and implemented for a full-scale WWTP allows operators to construct machine learning (ML) models for water quality and other water treatment process variables. Consequently, analyzing and optimizing plant operation scenarios can enhance key variables, including energy, reagent consumption, and water quality. This improvement facilitates the development of a more sustainable WWTP, contributing to a beneficial environmental impact. Domain experts validated the variables influencing the created ML models and proved their appropriateness.