Montazeri, Ali, Chahkandi, Benyamin, Gheibi, Mohammad, Eftekhari, Mohammad, Wacławek, Stanisław, Behzadian, Kourosh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1459-8408 and Campos, Luiza C. (2023) A Novel AI-based Approach for Modelling the Fate, Transportation and Prediction of Chromium in Rivers and Agricultural Crops: A Case Study in Iran. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 263. ISSN 0147-6513

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Abstract

Chromium (Cr) pollution caused by the discharge of industrial wastewater into rivers poses a significant threat to the environment, aquatic and human life, as well as agricultural crops irrigated by these rivers. This paper employs artificial intelligence (AI) to introduce a new framework for modeling the fate, transport, and estimation of Cr from its point of discharge into the river until it is absorbed by agricultural products. The framework is demonstrated through its application to the case study River, which serves as the primary water resource for tomato production irrigation in Mashhad city, Iran. Measurements of Cr concentration are taken at three different river depths and in tomato leaves from agricultural lands irrigated by the river, allowing for the identification of bioaccumulation effects. By employing boundary conditions and smart algorithms, various aspects of control systems are evaluated. The concentration of Cr in crops exhibits an accumulative trend, reaching up to 1.29 µg/g by the time of harvest. Using data collected from the case study and exploring different scenarios, AI models are developed to estimate the Cr concentration in tomato leaves. The tested AI models include linear regression (LR), neural network (NN) classifier, and NN regressor, yielding goodness-of-fit values (R2) of 0.931, 0.874, and 0.946, respectively. These results indicate that the NN regressor is the most accurate model, followed by the LR, for estimating Cr levels in tomato leaves.

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115269
Keywords:	Artificial Intelligence; Bio-magnification; Chromium; Fate and transport modelling; Heavy metal prediction; Water-food-pollution nexus;
Subjects:	Computing
Depositing User:	Kourosh Behzadian
Date Deposited:	18 Sep 2023 13:46
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2024 16:16
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10241

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