A neural network predictive control system for paper mill wastewater treatment

Abstract This paper presents a neural network predictive control scheme for studying the coagulation process of wastewater treatment in a paper mill. A multi-layer back-propagation neural network is employed to model the nonlinear relationships between the removal rates of pollutants and the chemical dosages, in order to adapt the system to a variety of operating conditions and acquire a more flexible learning ability. The system includes a neural network emulator of the reaction process, a neural network controller, and an optimization procedure based on a performance function that is used to identify desired control inputs. The gradient descent algorithm method is used to realize the optimization procedure. The results indicate that reasonable forecasting and control performances have been achieved through the developed system.

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