EP4602537A1 - Procede de prediction d'operation de maintenance et de recommandation de maintenance d'equipements de traitement d'eau - Google Patents
Procede de prediction d'operation de maintenance et de recommandation de maintenance d'equipements de traitement d'eauInfo
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Definitions
- the membranes become clogged during their operation and are therefore subject to regular cleaning. Cleaning is necessary to maintain good desalination or more generally filtration performance. In fact, a clogged membrane quickly loses its filtration performance.
- the predictions are subject, depending on the calculations, to a difficulty in analyzing distinguishing the causes of the drop in performance linked to fouling or aging of the membrane. Other parameters may affect the interpretation of aging depending on system water flow pressures, such as incoming water flow pressure. These difficulties in analyzing the causes of performance drops make predictions difficult and do not allow the establishment of a reliable model.
- An objective of the invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks.
- the invention aims in particular to propose a method for predicting membrane replacement dates which is automatic and which does not require the prediction model to depend on the hardware configuration or physical properties of the equipment used.
- the normalization model is learned for each operating indicator by means of a regression on the data of the second time series relating to the operating indicator according to at least one first predefined external physical parameter from the first time series, said regression being configured over a smoothing duration to determine a set of values corresponding substantially to within a factor of minimums or maximums of the values of the second time series, said determined values corresponding to a membrane configuration(s ) new and/or clean and/or cleaned.
- the training data does not include data characterizing the physical properties of the membranes.
- ⁇ a target value corresponding to a conversion rate of the volume of feed water into a volume of treated water and/or
- ⁇ a characteristic value of the permeability of the membrane to water.
- the third time series corresponds to:
- the regression is implemented by means of a first learning function comprising a machine learning model comprising parameters learned through the implementation of a loss function.
- the regression is an expectile regression, the regression being carried out from an expectile loss function and an error function between the value of the operating indicator and a value estimated by the regression model for values of the functioning indicator considered in a given expectation of the distribution of values of the functioning indicator.
- the regression is carried out on the data of the second series of data of the operating indicator according to a plurality of predefined external physical parameters of a plurality of first time series obtained by a plurality of sensors, said regression being carried out from a generalized additive model modeling functions whose parameters we seek to optimize by means of an expectile loss function between the value of the calculated operating indicator and the value of the operating indicator estimated in the range of values of the predefined expectile and for given values of external physical parameters, said regression further modeling an error function and said regression being executed over a so-called smoothing duration, said regression generating a set of values a cloud of points defining the intermediate indicator, said set of values corresponding to a new and/or clean and/or cleaned state of the first set of membranes.
- the method comprises a comparison of at least one predicted value of a standardized indicator with at least one predefined threshold, said comparison making it possible to generate a cleaning date.
- One benefit is to allow alerts to be generated for operators.
- the invention relates to a system for treating a volume of feed water into a volume of water treated by filtration by means of a plurality of sets of membranes, said treatment system water comprising a water inlet to receive a flow of water entering at least one set of given membranes, a first outlet of filtered water, called permeate, and a second outlet of residual water, called concentrate, said system water treatment system further comprising a set of state sensors of external parameters including a water temperature sensor and at least one pressure sensor, said water treatment system comprising a data processing system the invention.
- the system for treating a volume of feed water comprises a plurality of membranes organized according to a plurality of sets of membranes, each set of membranes defining a treatment stage of a volume of water entering and generating an outlet flow.
- An advantage is that it allows configuring standardized indicator monitoring for subsets of a system.
- the system comprises a composite indicator comprising different components relating to different standardized operating indicators of these different subsets.
- the system for treating a volume of feed water comprises at least a second set of membranes arranged at the outlet of the first set of membranes, the concentrate of the first set of membranes defining the inlet of the second set of membranes.
- the smoothing duration is chosen so as to correspond to a maximum value of an aging indicator of at least one membrane or a duration specific to its lifespan.
- the estimation of the first operating indicator of the first set of membranes results:
- the standardized indicators further include:
- ⁇ A parameter relating to a first outlet flow representing the volume of water filtered at the outlet, called permeate, from the first set of membranes considered per unit of time and unit of membrane surface when a pressure is applied to said volume of water as an input and/or;
- ⁇ A parameter relating to a second outlet flow representing the residual volume of water, called concentrate, at the outlet of the first set of membranes considered per unit of time and unit of membrane surface when a pressure is applied to said volume of water as an input and/or;
- the standardized indicator characteristic of the conductivity of a volume of water entering or leaving at least a first set of membranes comprises:
- the method includes deletion of raw data from at least one sensor when the acquired values are lower than a predefined threshold.
- a first pre-training of the first learning function is carried out from a set of training data and a corrective seasonality parameter or temperature thresholds and a second training is carried out of the first learning function when defining the membrane sets, the number of membrane sets and the operating parameters during the smoothing duration.
- Figure 1 a diagram including the different stages of an embodiment of the method of the invention
- Figure 2 an example of representation of membrane fouling in a system comprising a series of successive cleanings and representing the effect of membrane aging over the long term;
- Figure 3 an example of a system of the invention comprising a plurality of sensors and data processing means to generate standardized indicators according to the method of the invention
- Figure 4 an example of a set of membranes modeling a stage treating an incoming flow and generating two output flows including the permeate and the concentrate;
- Figure 5 an example of a water treatment system according to the invention comprising a plurality of treatment stages in which different sets of membranes are implemented;
- Figure 6 an example of an evolution of an operating indicator of a set of membranes representing a first curve of evolution of the differential pressure of a set of membranes in which we note the seasonal effects and the trend of the evolution of aging;
- Figure 7 a representation of the operating indicator, here the differential pressure, according to an expectation diagram making it possible to represent said operating indicator according to a physical parameter, here the temperature; we note the curve representing the envelope of the minimum values of the diagram making it possible to generate a set of corrective values used in the method of the invention;
- the “data processing system” a system comprising the means necessary for carrying out the steps of the process, that is to say at least a calculator and a memory.
- the system comprises:
- this may be a computer configured to be a local server and;
- ⁇ remote means such as at least one remote data server making it possible to execute steps of the process leading to the generation of standardized indicators and predicted dates of intervention on the factory.
- the plant or the “water treatment system” all of the physical means making it possible to treat a volume of water and measure operating or environmental parameters.
- the plant includes at least a set of dense spiral membranes, for example used for reverse osmosis applications.
- a set of membranes is used to treat a volume of incoming water conveyed by means of a water inlet and generating at least two flows called “permeate” and "concentrate” conveyed by means of water outlets.
- a water treatment system includes sensors and hydraulic means and the data processing system.
- the hydraulic means include, depending on the configuration, valves, such as balancing valves, closing or stopping valves, regulating valves, possibly turbines or microturbines or any other equipment making it possible to control, regulate and route flows. fluids such as water.
- the water treatment system also includes hydraulic equipment such as pumps, tanks, containers, filters, pipes and any other equipment necessary for the implementation of the plant.
- a filtration pass is a treatment by filtration of a volume of water at a given characteristic operating pressure.
- a filtration pass is a treatment by filtration of a volume of water at a given characteristic operating pressure.
- at least two filtration passes are carried out.
- Figure 5 represents an example of an architecture comprising different stages ETi, ET2 and ET3 implementing a plurality of sets of membranes ENSu, ENS12, ENS2, ENS3 arranged in different configurations in parallel or in series depending on the stage to which they belong.
- 3 stages are in series and the first stage has two sets of membranes in parallel.
- the flow rates of the concentrates Qc1, Qc2 are reinjected into the next stage.
- the flow rates of the permeates Qp1, Qp2, Qp3 can be routed to other treatment stages or used directly.
- the sensors may correspond to sensors measuring environmental data such as water temperature, water pressure, salinity of a volume of water or any other quality parameter of a volume of water.
- Other sensors can be used to measure physical parameters of the factory, such as equipment consumption levels, incoming or outgoing flow, pressure difference, or even sensors detecting events.
- a stage of the plant a sub-assembly of the plant formed of at least one set of membranes comprising a connection or a channel for receiving an incoming flow of water to be treated and two connections or two outlet channels generating two outlet flows: the permeate which corresponds to the treated flow having a salinity lower than the salinity of the incoming flow and the concentrate which corresponds to a flow of water whose salinity is at least equal to the flow water entering.
- the data processing system of the invention comprises software means such as a calculator and a memory for executing a computer program implementing the steps of the method of the invention.
- the computer program(s) comprise software instructions which, when executed, make it possible to implement the steps of the method of the invention.
- the method of the invention is particularly suitable for generating standardized indicators of organic membranes, that is to say made from an organic polymer such as polyamide, called spiral “dense membranes”. These membranes are used in particular for reverse osmosis or nanofiltration applications. However, the invention is not limited to dense membranes.
- the process of the invention relates to the field of membrane nanofiltration.
- the process applies to membranes configured to separate molecules in a volume of a liquid, for example water or blood.
- the process of the invention relates to the field of membrane ultrafiltration produced from dense membrane.
- the invention will be described with regard to the application of reverse osmosis.
- the method of the invention relates to any other field involving the use of membranes to separate particles or elements from a volume of a liquid.
- Modelization Figure 2 represents a schematic example of the causes impacting the evolution of the state of one or more membranes.
- the evolution of a characteristic indicator is represented on the diagram, namely the differential pressure DP.
- the figure illustrates different causes producing an evolution of this indicator, including in particular:
- Tr the intrinsic aging of the membrane degrading its physical properties over the long term here represented by the line denoted Tr and designating a trend of evolution of aging and finally;
- ⁇ influences linked to external physical parameters including operational components linked to the architecture of the plant, operating variables, and environmental components linked to water quality and its temperature, for example.
- Figure 2 therefore represents the differential pressure of a set of membranes on the ordinate and the time on the abscissa.
- the line denoted BLNS represents the evolution of the differential pressure DP of a set of membranes as a function of external physical parameters.
- the lines denoted Fo represent the evolution of the differential pressure DP linked to the fouling of the membranes and finally the line Tr designates the evolution of the differential pressure DP linked to the aging of the membranes. It is in particular this last component which makes it possible to establish a reliable predictive model which models the real aging of the membranes.
- Figure 6 represents the values of the differential pressure DP defining the first operating indicator KPh.
- the DP differential pressure values are recorded as raw data on a scale of several months or years. This graph allows to observe a large variation in the differential pressure DP over the years due to the influence of variations in water temperature over time. This influence gives a wave-like pattern to the data.
- the operating indicator relating to the differential pressure DP increases from the first to the fifth year, or even the line Tr which designates the tendency of aging and/or fouling of the membranes. This tendency towards fouling is not visible during the operation, because the variations due to temperature are much greater than those due to irreversible fouling.
- the data acquired by the sensors are recorded in a memory.
- Data is acquired and recorded in the form of time series.
- the data is therefore preferably time-stamped.
- the method of the invention relates to a first step comprising reading the recorded data coming from the sensors.
- the method of the invention may include, according to one embodiment, the preliminary step of acquiring the sensors.
- the method of the invention is implemented by a computer or by a plurality of calculation units, it is not necessary for the method to include the prior acquisition step which can be separated from the implementation of the process of the invention since the latter can be carried out a posteriori within a certain period after the acquisitions.
- values of external physical parameters at the output of the set of membranes are recorded and used by the method of the invention. These may be the values of external physical parameters of the permeate or the concentrate, the physical parameters being respectively denoted Tp, Qp, Cp, Pp for the permeate and denoted Te, Qc, Ce, Pc for the concentrate.
- the method of the invention makes it possible to retain measured or calculated data from the second SERIE2 time series corresponding to the values of the operating indicators KPh over a time period called DA acquisition period.
- the method of the invention comprises the exploitation of a single operating indicator, for example the first operating indicator KP.
- the method of the invention is implemented to exploit a plurality of operating indicators, for example the four operating indicators mentioned previously: KPh, KPh, KPh, KPI4. According to different embodiments, combinations of these indicators are exploited, for example the first and third indicator KPh, KPh or other combinations.
- KPh A designates the membrane operating indicator estimated by the loss function during the regression step and obtained with real environmental conditions obtained during acquisition, for example the temperature Ti, the pressure Pi and the flow Qi , etc.
- KPho designates the membrane operating indicator obtained with reference environmental conditions obtained with reference operating parameters, for example temperature To, pressure Po and flow rate Qo, etc.
- KPliAo designates the operating indicator of new or clean or cleaned membranes obtained with reference environmental conditions obtained with reference operating parameters, for example temperature To, pressure Po and flow rate Qo, etc.
- KPhpi designates the membrane operation indicator predicted by a first prediction model trained from the normalized operation indicator, said prediction being a short-term prediction.
- KPhp2 designates the membrane operation indicator predicted by a second prediction model trained from the normalized operation indicator, said prediction being a long-term prediction.
- a first operating indicator KPh corresponds to the differential pressure denoted DP.
- the differential pressure DP can be directly measured from at least one differential pressure sensor or a plurality of pressure sensors arranged upstream and downstream of the set of membranes.
- the first KPh indicator can advantageously take the form of a SERIE2 time series.
- Each calculated or measured value of the differential pressure DP is in this case associated with a date.
- the date of each value of the operating indicator can be taken equal to the date of each operating parameter value of a first time series SERIE1 used in the calculation of the first operating indicator KPh.
- a common clock can be used with the clock or clocks allowing time stamping of the other physical parameters measured in order to maintain date consistency between the first time series SERIE1 and the second time series SERIE2 .
- the method of the invention makes it possible to generate an indicator KPIIA representing the equivalent differential pressure DP' which is a reconstituted indicator which corresponds to the differential pressure of the set of membranes when they are new or clean or cleaned by a cleaning operation .
- This indicator is obtained for real conditions of measuring external physical parameters.
- This indicator will then make it possible to obtain a standardized indicator KPho' giving a state of the membrane for reference environmental conditions.
- An objective is to calculate the values of the first indicator KPh for different measurements of temperature Ti and the average flow rate Qn in order to estimate, thanks to a first normalization model learned MODNI, an evolution of the first intermediate indicator KPIIA.
- the first MODNI normalization model is for example learned by means of a regression.
- This first intermediate indicator KPIIA will then, thanks to the invention, allow a calculation of a first standardized indicator KPh' or KPI' restoring more reliably in particular the contribution of aging and fouling of the membranes.
- An advantage of this first KPh' indicator is in particular to contribute to monitoring the longitudinal clogging of the set of membranes.
- the method of the invention makes it possible to define a plurality of operating indicators ⁇ KPh ⁇ i[i ; k] and standardized operating indicators ⁇ KPh' ⁇ i[i ; k] associated providing information on the state of the membranes, particularly with regard to their clogging and their aging.
- the method of the invention makes it possible to standardize the operating indicators ⁇ KP h ⁇ i[i ; k],
- a second indicator KPh is defined by the operating parameter relating to a pressure of the incident flow Pf exerted on the first set of membranes ENSi, also called supply pressure Pf.
- the pressure of the incident flow Pf can either be calculated from a model and measurements of physical parameters of a model, or directly measured from at least one pressure sensor arranged at the input of the first set of ENSi membranes.
- the pressure of the incident flow Pf can be modeled according to a function f2 of the following environmental parameters: the temperature Ti, the concentration of the incoming flow Cf, the flow rate of the permeate flow Qp and the flow rate of the concentrate flow Qc from the first set of ENSi membranes, for example from a stage or a pass of the treatment plant comprising a first set of ENSi membranes.
- other external physical parameters could be taken into account to calculate or model the influence of these parameters in the evolution of this indicator.
- the example described cites 4 parameters retained as influencing the second indicator, however other environmental parameters can also be taken into account in the context of this invention.
- the invention makes it possible to take into account at least one parameter which influences the evolution of the second indicator.
- the method of the invention therefore makes it possible, from the measurements of temperatures Ti, the concentration Cf, the flow rate of the permeate Qp and the flow rate of the flow of the concentrate Qc of the first set of ENSi membranes to obtain a second operating indicator KPh.
- the pressure of the incoming flow Pf can be directly measured from a pressure sensor or a plurality of pressure sensors arranged upstream of the first set of ENSi membranes.
- the second KPh indicator can advantageously take the form of a second SERIE2 time series.
- SERIE2 time series corresponding to an operating indicator
- Each calculated or measured value of the incoming flow pressure Pf is in this case associated with a date.
- the date of each value of the operating indicator can be taken equal to the date of each operating parameter value of a first time series SERIE1 used in the calculation of the second operating indicator KPI2.
- a common clock can be used with that allowing time stamping of the other physical parameters measured in order to maintain consistency of dates between the first series time series SERIE1 and the second time series SERIE2.
- the method of the invention makes it possible to generate an intermediate indicator KPLA' representing the equivalent incoming flow pressure Pf' which is a reconstituted indicator whose value corresponds to the pressure of the incoming flow in the set of membranes when they are new or clean or cleaned by a cleaning operation.
- One objective is to calculate the values of the second operating indicator KPI2 for different measurements of external physical parameters in order to estimate, using a second learned normalization model MODN2, an evolution of an intermediate indicator KPLA.
- the second normalization model MODN2 is for example learned by means of a regression.
- This intermediate indicator KPLA then makes it possible to calculate a standardized indicator KPh' or KPI20' which more reliably restores in particular the contribution of aging and fouling of the membranes.
- An advantage of this second KPh indicator is to contribute to monitoring the energy consumption of the set of ENS1 membranes.
- a third indicator KPh is defined by the operating parameter relating to a flow rate of the permeate flow Qp at the outlet of the first set of membranes ENS1.
- the flow rate of the permeate flow Qp can either be calculated from a model and measurements of physical parameters of the model, or directly measured from a sensor arranged at the outlet, at the permeate level, of the first set of membranes ENS1 .
- This indicator can also be represented by the specific flow SP. It represents the volume of water produced per unit time and per unit area of the membrane when a given pressure is applied to the feed water. It is an indicator of the membrane’s ability to produce a volume of water at the outlet. When the membrane ages or degrades, the SP specific flux tends to decrease. The decrease in specific flux SP is an indicator of fouling or deterioration of the membrane material.
- this indicator like that corresponding to the flow rate of the permeate flow Qp is also influenced by the temperature, the salinity of the water and the temperature of the water. According to other examples, other external physical parameters could be taken into account as factors influencing the evolution of this indicator.
- the flow rate of the permeate flow Qp can be modeled according to a function fs of the following environmental parameters: the temperature Ti, the concentration of the incoming flow Cf, the flow rate of the permeate flow Qp and the flow rate of the concentrate flow Qc of the first set of membranes ENS1, for example of a stage or a pass of the treatment plant comprising a first set of membranes ENS1.
- other external physical variables can be taken into account in the modeling of the KPI3.
- the example described cites 4 parameters retained as influencing the third indicator, however other environmental parameters can also be taken into account in the context of this invention.
- the invention makes it possible to take into account at least one parameter which influences the evolution of the third indicator.
- the method of the invention therefore makes it possible, from the temperature measurements Ti, the concentration of the incoming flow Cf, the flow rate of the permeate flow Qp and the flow rate of the concentrate flow Qc of the first set of ENSi membranes to obtain a third KPh operation indicator.
- the flow rate of the permeate flow Qp can be directly measured from at least one sensor of a device arranged downstream of the first set of ENSi membranes.
- a common clock can be used with that allowing time stamping of the other physical parameters measured in order to maintain consistency of dates between the first time series SERIE1 and the second time series SERIE2.
- the method of the invention makes it possible to generate a third intermediate indicator KPISA' representing the flow rate of the flow of the permeate Qp equivalent Qp' which is a reconstituted indicator whose value corresponds to the flow of the permeate Qp entering the set of membranes when they are new or clean or cleaned by a cleaning operation.
- An objective is to calculate the values of the third operating indicator KPh for different measurements of external physical parameters in order to estimate by a third standardization model learned MODN3 an evolution of an intermediate indicator KPISA.
- the third normalization model MODNS is, for example, learned using regression.
- This intermediate indicator KPhA then makes it possible to calculate a standardized indicator KPh' or KPho' which more reliably restores in particular the contribution of aging and fouling of the membranes.
- the example described cites 4 parameters retained as influencing the fourth indicator, however other environmental parameters can also be taken into account in the context of this invention.
- the invention makes it possible to take into account at least one parameter which influences the evolution of the fourth indicator.
- the method of the invention therefore makes it possible, from the temperature measurements Ti, the concentration of the incoming flow Cf, the flow rate of the permeate flow Qp and the flow rate of the concentrate flow Qc of the first set of ENSi membranes to obtain a fourth KPk operating indicator
- the passage of salt into the SPp permeate can be directly measured from at least one sensor or a device arranged downstream of the first set of ENSi membranes.
- the fourth indicator KPk can advantageously take the form of a second SERIE2 time series. Each calculated or measured value of the salt passage in the permeate SPp is in this case associated with a date. The date of each value of the fourth operating indicator KPk can be taken equal to the date of each operating parameter value of a first time series SERIE1 used in the calculation of the fourth operating indicator KPk.
- the method of the invention makes it possible to generate a fourth intermediate indicator KPUA' representing the passage of salt in the equivalent permeate SPp' which is a reconstituted indicator whose value corresponds to the passage of salt Sp obtained by the set of membranes when they are new or clean or cleaned by a cleaning operation.
- An objective is to calculate the values of the fourth operating indicator KPk for different measurements of the external physical parameters in order to estimate, using a fourth learned normalization model MODN4, an evolution of an intermediate indicator KPUA.
- the fourth normalization model MODN4 is for example learned by means of regression.
- This intermediate indicator KPUA then makes it possible to calculate a standardized indicator KPk' or KPI40' which more reliably restores in particular the contribution of aging and fouling of the membranes.
- An advantage of this fourth KPk indicator is to contribute to monitoring the quality of the potable water produced by the set of ENSi membranes.
- the measured data of the first SERIEi time series and the second SERIE2 time series are recorded in a memory of the system. This step is denoted ENR1 on Figure 1.
- a fifth operating indicator KPI5 corresponds to the concentration of the permeate or concentrate. This last indicator can be a function of the temperature Ti and the differential pressure DP.
- Normalization includes two steps: a first step consists of automatically defining, using a learning algorithm, the normalization function or the normalization model, denoted MODNI, from a history of data from new, clean or cleaned membranes and a second step consists of applying the learned normalization model MODNI to real recorded data to generate an intermediate indicator KPLA and a normalized indicator KPh' or KPho'. This last step is denoted GENA in Figure 1.
- An initial training allows the creation of a MODNI standardization model making it possible to generate a standardized indicator to predict replacements and/or cleaning of membranes.
- the training data is preferentially selected at the beginning of the life cycle of a membrane or a set of membranes.
- a second training allows the creation of a MODNI normalization model making it possible to generate a standardized indicator to predict membrane replacements more specifically. In this case, we seek to obtain a fouling indicator.
- the training data is not necessarily selected in the first phase of the life cycle of a membrane or set of membranes.
- the aim is to train the normalization model over periods comprising several maintenance operations such as cleaning a membrane or a set of membranes.
- This second learning makes it possible to generate an indicator making it possible to provide an indication of clogging or fouling of a set of membranes independently of their replacement.
- Standardization includes modeling indicators according to operational environmental conditions or reference environmental conditions and according to the state of the membranes depending on whether they are considered in their operational state or in their new or clean or cleaned state.
- another KPLAO component can be added. Adding a constant can also be done according to another embodiment.
- a first step of calculating an intermediate operating indicator KPLA is carried out.
- This intermediate indicator is materialized by a representation of a CREFI reference curve.
- This CREFI reference curve includes all the points of the new point cloud produced using the MODNI normalization model.
- This cloud of points can be represented in Figure 7 in the expectation diagram, here represented with a single external physical parameter, the temperature, or in the form of a second intermediate time series SERIE2A in Figure 8.
- This series intermediate time is denoted SERIE2A, these are the points of the CREF reference curve used to obtain this curve.
- the first indicator KPh is associated with a first reference curve CREFI
- the second indicator KPI2 is associated with a second reference curve CREF2
- the third indicator KPh is associated with a third reference curve CREFS
- the fourth indicator KPk is associated with a fourth CREIFA reference curve.
- the reference curve CREF OR the second intermediate time series SERIE2A is obtained thanks to an intermediate indicator obtained thanks to the application of a normalization model, said model being generated thanks to a regression operation.
- the regression operation consists of obtaining values of a parameterization of a normalization model for a second SERIE2 time series of an operating indicator KPh by considering the influence of a set of external physical parameters considered said indicator of functioning.
- Each intermediate operating indicator is produced through the application of its own normalization model trained according to a given regression. To this end, we considers the influences of external physical parameters used in the modeling of each external indicator, particularly in the functions fi, f2, fs, f4. We recall that these functions fi, f2, fs, f4 may or may not be explicit.
- An advantage of a GAM model is that it allows a regression to be carried out, regardless of the number of external physical parameters.
- An advantage is therefore to be able to take into account a modeling in which an operating indicator KPh is possibly influenced by several external physical parameters, for example between 2 and 5 external physical parameters.
- Another advantage of using a GAM model is to dispense with the type of function linking each operating indicator KPh with the external physical parameters PARA, regardless of the relationships between the indicator and the external physical parameters. Indeed, whether the relationships are linear or not, the GAM model applies.
- the regression is preferably carried out according to a so-called smoothing duration DL which takes into account data from the start of the life of the membranes.
- the normalization model was learned over the DL smoothing period.
- the DL smoothing period corresponds to the learning period in which the regression makes it possible to calibrate the normalization model.
- the period/frequency of cleanings can be integrated into this learning so that the training data includes several cleaning cycles.
- Figure 8 illustrates a first curve representing the values of the first indicator KPh and a second curve representing the values of the first indicator KPLA, said values being obtained with the normalization model learned.
- the third time series SERIE3 is generated by applying operations between the second time series SERIE2 and the time series SERIE2A corresponding to the corrected values produced by the learned normalization model, for example by subtracting them.
- the standardized indicator KPh' represents the term associated with the first indicator and linked to wear and clogging of the membranes of the first set of ENSi membranes.
- the standardized operating indicator KP' is assumed to be independent of operating conditions and environmental conditions.
- the third time series SERIE3 can correspond to a time series resulting from the subtraction of the two series SERIE2 and SERIE2A to which a KPho component has been added under average or standard environmental conditions. This last component also takes the form of a time series.
- KPho' KPh - KPliA + KP Ao
- Figure 9 represents the first normalized indicator KPho' in the form of such a 3rd time series SERIE3 obtained according to the 2nd example, that is to say obtained by subtracting the values of the corrected parameter KPIIA from the series SERIE2A to the of the KPh values of the second SERIE2 time series and by adding the KPLAO values of the first indicator corresponding to a state of the new and/or clean and/or cleaned membranes calculated with standard environmental conditions, that is to say with a temperature standard of operation To and a standard average flow of operation Qno.
- an advantage of generating a standardized indicator is to restore a monitoring indicator independent of variables such as the water temperature Ti, the feed flow Qf, the inlet pressure Pf and the input conductivity Cf.
- Such an indicator has the advantage of varying mainly depending on the state of wear and clogging, which is what we seek to obtain to prevent replacement and cleaning of the membranes.
- these data from the standardized operating indicator KPho' can be displayed so as to produce an indicator evolving over time.
- An AFFi display is shown in Figure 3 to illustrate an example of an operating console that can be used by an operator.
- An advantage of timestamping events is to learn a machine learning model by taking into account maintenance events explaining the discontinuity of the raw data acquired and recorded. This is particularly relevant in the case of long-term operation which aims to measure the evolution of the standardized operating indicator over a long period.
- this short-term and/or long-term prediction data can be displayed so as to produce an indicator that evolves over time and makes it possible to plan the maintenance operations to be carried out.
- An AFF1 display is shown in Figure 3 to illustrate an example of an operating console that can be used by an operator.
- this data can be displayed so as to produce an indicator that evolves over time and makes it possible to plan the maintenance operations to be carried out.
- the invention also relates to a system for treating a volume of feed water into a volume of treated water by filtration using a plurality of sets of membranes.
- the water treatment system comprises a data processing system comprising the material means for carrying out the steps of the method of the invention.
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