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This work illustrates the use of neural networks for system identification of the dynamics of a distributed parameter system, an adsorption column for waste-water treatment of water containing toxic chemicals. System identification of this process is done from simulated data for this work. The inputs to the networks include the state of the column at a given point in time and the system input, the velocity. The network predicts the change in the state over a period of time based on these inputs. Recurrent networks were found to be capable of simulating the whole operation of the column from an initial state of zero concentrations throughout the column, and thus predicting the complete breakthrough curves. The feasibility of system identification of this process has been established using synthetic noisy data, which indicates that the same can be performed from experimental data when all the required measurements are available.
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Bulsari, A.B., Palosaari, S. Application of neural networks for system identification of an adsorption column. Neural Comput & Applic 1, 160–165 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01414435
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01414435