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Deep learning based surrogate modeling and optimization for Microalgal biofuel production and photobioreactor design

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posted on 2018-12-03, 15:37 authored by Ehecatl Antonio del Rio-Chanona, Jonathan WagnerJonathan Wagner, Haider Ali, Fabio Fiorelli, Dongda Zhang, Klaus Hellgardt
Identifying optimal photobioreactor configurations and process operating conditions is critical to industrialize microalgae-derived biorenewables. Traditionally, this was addressed by testing numerous design scenarios from integrated physical models coupling computational fluid dynamics and kinetic modelling. However, this approach presents computational intractability and numerical instabilities when simulating large-scale systems, causing time-intensive computing efforts and infeasibility in mathematical optimization. Therefore, we propose an innovative data-driven surrogate modelling framework which considerably reduces computing time from months to days by exploiting state-of-the-art deep learning technology. The framework built upon a few simulated results from the physical model to learn the sophisticated hydrodynamic and biochemical kinetic mechanisms; then adopts a hybrid stochastic optimization algorithm to explore untested processes and find optimal solutions. Through verification, this framework was demonstrated to have comparable accuracy to the physical model. Moreover, multi-objective optimization was incorporated to generate a Pareto-frontier for decision-making, advancing its applications in complex biosystems modelling and optimization.

Funding

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 640720. This project has also received funding from the EPSRC project (EP/P016650/1, P65332).

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School

  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

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AIChE Journal

Citation

DEL RIO-CHANONA, E.A. ... et al., 2019. Deep learning based surrogate modeling and optimization for Microalgal biofuel production and photobioreactor design. AIChE Journal, 65(3), pp. 915-923.

Publisher

© 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Published by Wiley

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: DEL RIO-CHANONA, E.A. ... et al., 2019. Deep learning based surrogate modeling and optimization for Microalgal biofuel production and photobioreactor design. AIChE Journal, 65(3), pp. 915-923, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16473. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

Acceptance date

2018-11-09

Publication date

2018-11-15

ISSN

0001-1541

Language

  • en