Abstract
Wastewater is a serious concern for the environment. There is a substantial amount of toxins that are discharged continuously from several pharmacological companies that lead to serious damage to public health and the ecosystem. Present wastewater treatment technologies include primary, tertiary, and secondary treatments that remove numerous contaminants; but pollutants in the nanoscale range were hard to remove with these steps. Some of these include inorganic and organic pollutants, pathogens, pharmaceuticals, and pollutants of developing concern. The utility of nanoparticles was a promising solution to this issue. Nanoparticles have exclusive properties permitting them to potentially eliminate residual pollutants but being eco-friendly and inexpensive. This study develops a new Archimedes optimization algorithm (AOA) with Stacked Sparse Denoising Auto-Encoder (SSDAE) model, named AOA-SSDAE for wastewater management in the IoT environment. The presented AOA-SSDAE technique aims to predict wastewater treatment depending on the influent indicators. In the presented AOA-SSDAE technique, the IoT devices are initially employed for the data collection process and then data normalization is performed to transform the collected data into a uniform format. For the predictive process, the SSDAE model is employed in this paper. To improve the SSDAE model's prediction capability, the AOA-based hyperparameter tuning process is involved.
HIGHLIGHT
AOA-SSDAE is a novel Archimedes optimization algorithm (AOA) model with Stacked Sparse Denoising Auto-Encoder (SSDAE) for wastewater management in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT).
The AOA-SSDAE method presented here aims to forecast wastewater treatment based on indicators of the influent.
In the provided AOA-SSDAE methodology, IoT devices are initially used for data collection, followed by data normalization to convert the collected data into a standard format.
INTRODUCTION
Climate change and the fast-growing world population are the two main factors that massively affect freshwater accessibility. Infections brought on by dangerous organisms present in water result in 19% of fatalities worldwide, whereas poor water quality causes 80% of illnesses (Wang et al. 2022). The threat to the state of the universe as it was evolving was made worse by the difficulty and expense of analysing the chemical and microbial makeup of water. Besides harming human life, polluted water even damages the environment and wildlife (Epelle et al. 2022). In the last 20 years, globally, the water pipes connected to residences have augmented, but still, a large group of people have no access to clean drinking water, nearly 780 million (Kamali et al. 2019). The water conservation technique is utilized for reducing water usage, but more new solutions are required as conservation is not sufficient because of the needs of the increasing population. Poor sanitation even hinders the supply of safe and clean water (Nizamuddin et al. 2019). Hence, new cost-effective and innovative ways to treat wastewater are vital. The fundamental wastewater treatment process generally includes three main steps: primary, tertiary, and secondary treatment (Kumar 2021).
Negative environmental issues like solid waste management, air pollution, and water pollution are being resolved using nanotechnology (Dutta et al. 2022). The more complicated impurities to remove in wastewater lie in a nanoscale range of 1–100 nm; therefore, the nano-based methods are the most suitable techniques. Nanotechnology is very beneficial for water remediation not due to the dimensional field, but then due to its outstanding physicochemical property of nanomaterials (Manimegalai et al. 2022). Activated carbon refers to adsorption characterized and its structure of porous, thermostability utilized in numerous applications like the purification of wastewater treatment, removal of impurities, gaseous phases, and odor from medical usage. Using this activated carbon (Guduru et al. 2021), adsorption removes the wastewater colours fast and affordably. The treatment of wastewater is complex. Yet, developments in intellectual methods allow them to be used in complex modeling mechanisms (Dang et al. 2022). Owing to their robustness, potential applications in engineering and great precision can be used for the improved provision of performance features. Certain indispensable variables can be utilized for assessing the performance of wastewater treatment plants (Xin et al. 2021). Such factors are total suspended substances (TSS). TSS are water particles larger than 2 microns. A totally dissolved solid is any particle under 2 mm (TDS). TSS includes algae and bacteria, but most of it is inorganic. TSS includes sand, silt, and plankton. Decomposing plant and animal waste in water sources releases suspended solids. Some silt settles at the bottom of a water source, but other TSS floats or remains suspended. TSS affects water quality. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) is the amount of dissolved oxygen that must be present in water for chemical organic molecules like petroleum to be oxidized. The COD concentration in receiving waters is evaluated to determine the short-term impact of wastewater effluents on the oxygen levels in such waters, and biological oxygen demand (BOD). Biochemical oxygen demand is the dissolved oxygen (DO) aerobic biological organisms need to break down organic material in a water sample at a certain temperature and time. The BOD, calculated as the quantity of oxygen needed per litre of sample after 5 days of incubation at 20 °C, is used to calculate the level of organic contamination in water. Successful wastewater treatment facilities reduce BOD. Wastewater effluent BOD can determine the immediate influence on receiving water oxygen levels. The COD test is less specific because it tests all chemically oxidized organic compounds. Such features were utilized as a model for wastewater treatment plants.
This study develops a new Archimedes optimization algorithm (AOA) with Stacked Sparse Denoising Auto-Encoder (SSDAE) model, named AOA-SSDAE for wastewater management in the IoT environment. The presented AOA-SSDAE technique aims to predict wastewater treatment depending on the influent indicators. In the presented AOA-SSDAE technique, the IoT devices are initially employed for the data collection process and then data normalization is performed for transforming the collected data into a uniform format. Normalization creates clean data. However, data normalization has two purposes: it makes all records and fields look the same. It improves entry type coherence, cleansing, lead creation, segmentation, and data quality. For logical data storage, this procedure eliminates unstructured data and duplicates. Data normalization properly standardizes data entry. The BOD, measured as the amount of oxygen required per litre of the sample after 5 days at 20 °C incubation, is used to quantify the level of organic contamination in water (Gangathimmappa et al. 2022). Benefits of data normalization: More storage, more rapidly answered inquiries, improved segmentation, the data must be normalized; there is no other option. For the predictive process, the SSDAE model is applied in this study. For improving the predictive performance of the SSDAE approach, the AOA-based hyperparameter tuning process is involved. A widespread experimental results investigation is conducted to make sure of the improvements of the AOA-SSDAE algorithm.
RELATED WORKS
Saka et al. (2022) focused on using sunlight for catalyzing the destruction of carbon-based (organic) pollutants. To improve the proficiency of the photocatalytic technique and increase the morphological area, sodium alginate was arranged as a drop practice and utilized as a polymeric tool. SiO2 nanoparticles have been doped as sodium alginate droplets. The proposed method was capable of spreading the wavelength diversity all over the considerable wavelength constituency. The sunlight catalytic process has been carried out from a photo light droplet or UV–Vis. Soffian et al. (2022) investigated a variety of carbon-based materials (CBMs), including biochar, activated carbon, carbon aerogel, graphene, and carbon nanotubes. The generation of dissimilar CBMs and their alteration receives special consideration. As detrimental dyes, organic, and inorganic pollutants evolving from the wastewater have given rise to damage to the water supplies and environment. Adsorption is the more commonly used technique for the deduction of harmful pollutants owing to its usability and comparatively low cost compared to other techniques.
Madhura et al. (2019) focused on modern treatment technique with nano-based materials, for instance, carbon and graphene nanotubes, metal nanoparticles including iron, silver, magnesium, and zinc, and magnetic-core composites and metal oxides nanoparticles such as iron, cobalt, and nickel. Moreover, the author compares conventional and emerging techniques for the performance and production cost of organic and inorganic pollutants. Moyo et al. (2022) proposed a summary of the dissimilar kinds of nanocellulose utilized in the manufacturing of nanofiber membranes, their properties, and production routes. Ong et al. (2018) focused on the recent advancements of carbon-oriented nanocomposite membranes and nanomaterials for the potential treatment of water mixtures or emulsified oil. They also investigated influence of bubble size on the effectiveness of the separation process and the effect that this has on the amount of material removed.
In Dhiman et al. (2022), numerous methods for manufacturing carbon-related single-atom catalysts were defined. Following that, an overview of recent advances in a variety of specialized procedures and computer achievements is offered in order to comprehend the geometric and electrical properties of catalysts attached to a single carbon atom. To minimize aquatic pollution, single-carbon atom photocatalysts were used. As single-atom catalysts on carbon particles, many materials are utilized, for example, carbon nitride, graphene, carbon quantum dots, and other materials (Lakshmanna et al. 2022). Sawdust, a waste product that is harmful to the environment, was used to construct a novel activated carbon synthesis (Abdel-Salam et al. 2020). Magnetite nanoparticles were used to further modify it. Two hydrophilic nanoparticles, silica and bismuth oxide nanomaterials, are included in the nanocomposites Mass Attenuation Coefficient (MAC)/Bi2O3 and MAC/SiO2. Sawdust was microwave-pyrolyzed first, and nanoparticles were added by co-precipitation.
In Xin et al. (2021), Fenton-like nanocomposite catalysts made of carbon are employed in microwave, light, electro, and ultrasound Fenton processes. Chemicals are produced and used as a result of industrialization. Organic contaminants in municipal and industrial wastewater are difficult to degrade. They have a huge influence on society if left untreated. More study is needed to better understand Fenton-like processes, how to use them effectively, and how to combine them with artificial intelligence to remediate refractory organic pollutants. Thus, environmental protection necessitates the creation of Fenton-like catalysts. In Manimegalai et al. (2023), the agricultural, pharmaceutical, electronic, and environmental industries have all experienced rapid advancements in nanotechnology. The most promising nanotechnology products for electronics and drug delivery are carbon-based nanoparticles because of their distinctive characteristics. Conventional and novel micro/nano-pollutants caused global warming and climate change.
THE PROPOSED MODEL
Data normalization
Prediction using the SSDAE model
Hyperparameter tuning process
The Archimedes Optimization Method is a population-based Pigeon Inspired Optimization Algorithm (PIOA) algorithm that is based on the Archimedes principle, a well-known physical fact. Archimedes' principle concisely explains the rule of buoyancy, which determine the relationship between an item immersed in a fluid and the buoyant force exerted on it. If the object's weight is more than the weight of the displaced fluid, it sinks; otherwise, it floats above the fluid in the issue. Finally, the AOA is applied for the optimal hyperparameter tuning of the SSDAE model. AOA can be a population-based metaheuristic physics approach based on Archimedes' rules of buoyancy in water (Geetha et al. 2022). AOA exploits the population of an object as a candidate to accomplish a certain objective. AOA initiates by defining how to use the initial population and later starts to reiterate the procedure with certain limits. The search for objects includes the generation of accelerations, volumes, and densities. The AOA was a globally optimal technique that was characterized by mathematical modelling as follows (Raghavendra et al. 2022):
By using iteration, the value of until it reaches a predetermined target location, it lowers with time. AOA allows a better balance between exploration and exploitation if these parameters are well-regulated.
Step 4 – Update the normalization and acceleration of an object. The acceleration of object for the iteration updating procedure is divided into three stages: ‘exploration stage,’ ‘exploitation stage,’ and ‘normalized acceleration stage’.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In this section, the experimental validation of the AOA-SSDAE technique is tested using the test dataset. Table 1 represents the details of parameter setting.
Parameters . | Minimum . | Maximum . | Average . |
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T-N, mg/dm3 | 19.8 | 99 | 70.4 |
T-P, mg/dm3 | 3.8 | 38.6 | 13.55 |
BOD, mg/dm3 | 40.5 | 792 | 378 |
COD, mg/dm3 | 169 | 2,520 | 930.1 |
TSS, mg/dm3 | 82 | 1,145 | 440 |
Q, mg/dm3 | 26,983 | 66,883 | 38,758 |
Parameters . | Minimum . | Maximum . | Average . |
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T-N, mg/dm3 | 19.8 | 99 | 70.4 |
T-P, mg/dm3 | 3.8 | 38.6 | 13.55 |
BOD, mg/dm3 | 40.5 | 792 | 378 |
COD, mg/dm3 | 169 | 2,520 | 930.1 |
TSS, mg/dm3 | 82 | 1,145 | 440 |
Q, mg/dm3 | 26,983 | 66,883 | 38,758 |
Class . | BKNN . | ELM . | BKNN-ELM . | AOA-SSDAE . |
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Mean absolute error (MAE) | ||||
T-N | 6.06 | 7.21 | 3.98 | 3.11 |
T-P | 1.62 | 2.85 | 1.45 | 1.04 |
BOD | 45.32 | 48.15 | 39.92 | 35.30 |
COD | 119.21 | 139.26 | 109.42 | 98.87 |
TSS | 57.98 | 77.93 | 48.12 | 45.38 |
Average | 46.038 | 55.080 | 40.578 | 36.740 |
Mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) | ||||
T-N | 9.74 | 12.41 | 7.56 | 6.89 |
T-P | 14.07 | 18.85 | 11.76 | 10.76 |
BOD | 14.22 | 15.04 | 13.23 | 12.35 |
COD | 12.98 | 16.18 | 10.97 | 8.37 |
TSS | 16.00 | 26.21 | 12.10 | 11.22 |
Average | 13.402 | 17.738 | 11.124 | 9.918 |
Coefficient of correlation (R) | ||||
T-N | 0.76 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.28 |
T-P | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.39 |
BOD | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.61 | 0.54 |
COD | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.36 |
TSS | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.43 | 0.44 |
Average | 0.580 | 0.494 | 0.428 | 0.402 |
Class . | BKNN . | ELM . | BKNN-ELM . | AOA-SSDAE . |
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Mean absolute error (MAE) | ||||
T-N | 6.06 | 7.21 | 3.98 | 3.11 |
T-P | 1.62 | 2.85 | 1.45 | 1.04 |
BOD | 45.32 | 48.15 | 39.92 | 35.30 |
COD | 119.21 | 139.26 | 109.42 | 98.87 |
TSS | 57.98 | 77.93 | 48.12 | 45.38 |
Average | 46.038 | 55.080 | 40.578 | 36.740 |
Mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) | ||||
T-N | 9.74 | 12.41 | 7.56 | 6.89 |
T-P | 14.07 | 18.85 | 11.76 | 10.76 |
BOD | 14.22 | 15.04 | 13.23 | 12.35 |
COD | 12.98 | 16.18 | 10.97 | 8.37 |
TSS | 16.00 | 26.21 | 12.10 | 11.22 |
Average | 13.402 | 17.738 | 11.124 | 9.918 |
Coefficient of correlation (R) | ||||
T-N | 0.76 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.28 |
T-P | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.39 |
BOD | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.61 | 0.54 |
COD | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.36 |
TSS | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.43 | 0.44 |
Average | 0.580 | 0.494 | 0.428 | 0.402 |
No. of runs . | . | . | . | . |
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Run-1 | 97.45 | 97.27 | 97.77 | 97.57 |
Run-2 | 97.01 | 96.78 | 96.45 | 96.14 |
Run-3 | 96.70 | 97.20 | 97.20 | 97.31 |
Run-4 | 96.49 | 97.27 | 96.26 | 96.84 |
Run-5 | 96.41 | 96.19 | 96.08 | 96.95 |
Average | 96.81 | 96.94 | 96.75 | 96.96 |
No. of runs . | . | . | . | . |
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Run-1 | 97.45 | 97.27 | 97.77 | 97.57 |
Run-2 | 97.01 | 96.78 | 96.45 | 96.14 |
Run-3 | 96.70 | 97.20 | 97.20 | 97.31 |
Run-4 | 96.49 | 97.27 | 96.26 | 96.84 |
Run-5 | 96.41 | 96.19 | 96.08 | 96.95 |
Average | 96.81 | 96.94 | 96.75 | 96.96 |
Methods . | Accuracy . | Precision . | Recall . |
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BKNN | 88.14 | 78.16 | 72.19 |
ELM | 79.19 | 90.17 | 90.14 |
BKNN-ELM | 96.20 | 94.12 | 93.19 |
AOA-SSDAE | 96.81 | 96.94 | 96.75 |
Methods . | Accuracy . | Precision . | Recall . |
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BKNN | 88.14 | 78.16 | 72.19 |
ELM | 79.19 | 90.17 | 90.14 |
BKNN-ELM | 96.20 | 94.12 | 93.19 |
AOA-SSDAE | 96.81 | 96.94 | 96.75 |
CONCLUSION
In this study, we introduce a novel AOA-SSDAE technique for wastewater management in an IoT setting. The presented AOA-SSDAE technique aims to predict wastewater treatment depending on the influent indicators. In the presented AOA-SSDAE technique, a series of sub-processes are involved, namely data collection, data preprocessing, prediction, and parameter tuning. Primarily, the IoT devices are initially employed for data collection process and then data normalization is performed for transforming the collected data into a uniform format. For the predictive process, the SSDAE model is applied in this research. For the SSDAE model's prediction capability to be improved, the AOA-based hyperparameter tuning process is involved. A widespread experimental results analysis is made to ensure the improvements of the AOA-SSDAE system. The AOA-SSDAE methodology, which has a 96.81% accuracy rate, can provide better results. A detailed comparison study revealed that the AOA-SSDAE technique outperformed other modern models. To ensure that the AOA-SSDAE system will be able to be improved even further in the future, further enhancements will make use of more advanced methods.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A.A.G. is grateful to the Researchers Supporting Project number (RSP2023R407), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the support.
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
All relevant data are included in the paper or its Supplementary Information.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare there is no conflict.