Ramon Vilanova

Dr. Ramon Vilanova

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - UAB Barcelona
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Academic Career Length

30Years (1997-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 April 2015 in Journal of Process Control
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Ignacio SantínIgnacio Santín
Ignacio Santín
CPC. Pedret
C. Pedret
Ramon VilanovaRamon Vilanova
Ramon Vilanova

1 January 2008 in Journal of Process Control
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Ramon VilanovaRamon Vilanova
Ramon Vilanova

1 April 2013 in Journal of Process Control
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Ramon Vilanova
CPC. Pedret
C. Pedret

13 March 2019 in Sensors
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Ivan PisaIvan Pisa
Ivan Pisa
Ignacio SantínIgnacio Santín
Ignacio Santín
Jose Lopez VicarioJose Lopez Vicario
Jose Lopez Vicario
Antoni MorellAntoni Morell
Antoni Morell
Ramon VilanovaRamon Vilanova
Ramon Vilanova
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) form an industry whose main goal is to reduce water’s pollutant products, which are harmful to the environment at high concentrations. In addition, regulations are applied by administrations to limit pollutant concentrations in effluent. In this context, control strategies have been adopted by WWTPs to avoid violating these limits; however, some violations still occur. For that reason, this work proposes the deployment of an artificial neural network (ANN)-based soft sensor in which a Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM) network is used to generate predictions of nitrogen-derived components, specifically ammonium ( S N H ) and total nitrogen ( S N t o t ). S N t o t is a limiting nutrient and can therefore cause eutrophication, while nitrogen in the S N H form is toxic to aquatic life. These parameters are used by control strategies to allow actions to be taken in advance and only when violations are predicted. Since predictions complement control strategies, the evaluation of the ANN-based soft sensor was carried out using the Benchmark Simulation Model N.2. (BSM2) and three different control strategies (from low to high control complexity). Results show that our proposed method is able to predict nitrogen-derived products with good accuracy: the probability of detecting violations of BSM2’s limits is 86–94%. Moreover, the prediction accuracy can be improved by calibrating the soft sensor; for example, perfect prediction of all future violations can be achieved at the expense of increasing the false positive rate.

1 April 2011 in Environmental Modelling & Software
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JGJavier Guerrero
Javier Guerrero
AGAlbert Guisasola
Albert Guisasola
Ramon VilanovaRamon Vilanova
Ramon Vilanova
Juan BaezaJuan Baeza
Juan Baeza

1 April 2016 in Control Engineering Practice
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Ignacio SantínIgnacio Santín
Ignacio Santín
CPC. Pedret
C. Pedret
Ramon VilanovaRamon Vilanova
Ramon Vilanova
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