Deep learning-based surrogate modeling and optimization for microalgal biofuel production and photobioreactor design
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
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 modeling. 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 modeling 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 modeling and optimization.
Date Issued
2019-03-01
Date Acceptance
2018-11-15
Citation
AIChE Journal, 2019, 65 (3), pp.915-923
ISSN
0001-1541
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
915
End Page
923
Journal / Book Title
AIChE Journal
Volume
65
Issue
3
Identifier
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
surrogate modeling
convolutional neural network
hybrid stochastic optimization
excreted biofuel
photobioreactor design
CYANOBACTERIAL GROWTH
MASS CULTIVATION
FLUID-DYNAMICS
SHEAR-STRESS
LIGHT
KINETICS
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-11-15