Machine learning methods for anomaly classification in wastewater treatment plants.

Francesca Bellamoli1, Mattia Di Iorio2, Marco Vian3

  • 1University of Trento, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, via Sommarive 9, Trento, 38123, Italy; ETC Sustainable Solutions Srl, via dei Palustei 16, Trento, 38121, Italy.

Summary

Machine learning effectively detects and classifies anomalies in wastewater treatment, improving process control. Gradient boosting algorithms show high accuracy in identifying issues in real-time aeration systems.

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