BP–ANN Model Coupled with Particle Swarm Optimization for the Efficient Prediction of 2-Chlorophenol Removal in an Electro-Oxidation System

Yu Mei, Jiaqian Yang, Yin Lu, Feilin Hao, Dongmei Xu, Hua Pan and Jiade Wang
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Yu Mei: College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
Jiaqian Yang: College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
Yin Lu: College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310005, China
Feilin Hao: College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310005, China
Dongmei Xu: College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310005, China
Hua Pan: College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310005, China
Jiade Wang: College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 14, 1-17

Abstract: Electro-oxidation is an effective approach for the removal of 2-chlorophenol from wastewater. The modeling of the electrochemical process plays an important role in improving the efficiency of electrochemical treatment and increasing our understanding of electrochemical treatment without increasing the cost. The backpropagation artificial neural network (BP–ANN) model was applied to predict chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency and total energy consumption (TEC). Current density, pH, supporting electrolyte concentration, and oxidation–reduction potential (ORP) were used as input parameters in the 2-chlorophenol synthetic wastewater model. Prediction accuracy was increased by using particle swarm optimization coupled with BP–ANN to optimize weight and threshold values. The particle swarm optimization BP–ANN (PSO–BP–ANN) for the efficient prediction of COD removal efficiency and TEC for testing data showed high correlation coefficient of 0.99 and 0.9944 and a mean square error of 0.0015526 and 0.0023456. The weight matrix analysis indicated that the correlation of the five input parameters was a current density of 18.85%, an initial pH 21.11%, an electrolyte concentration 19.69%, an oxidation time of 21.30%, and an ORP of 19.05%. The analysis of removal kinetics indicated that oxidation–reduction potential (ORP) is closely correlated with the chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total energy consumption (TEC) of the electro-oxidation degradation of 2-chlorophenol in wastewater.

Keywords: BP–ANN; PSO–ANN; electro-oxidation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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