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Researcher
Elena Torfs
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2024
A full‐scale operational digital twin for a water resource recovery facility : a case study of Eindhoven Water Resource Recovery Facility
Saba Daneshgar
Fabio Polesel
Sina Borzooei
Henrik R. Sørensen
Ruud Peeters
Stefan Weijers
Ingmar Nopens
Elena Torfs
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH
2024
An innovative model-based protocol for minimisation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in WRRFs
Saba Daneshgar
Youri Amerlinck
A. Amaral
Chaïm De Mulder
Attilio Di Nisio
Giacomo Bellandi
R. Gori
C. Caretti
I. Ducci
Usman Rehman
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
2024
Evaluation of activated sludge settling characteristics from microscopy images with deep convolutional neural networks and transfer learning
Sina Borzooei
Leonardo Scabini
Gisele Miranda
Saba Daneshgar
Lukas Deblieck
Odemir Bruno
Piet De Langhe
Bernard De Baets
Ingmar Nopens
Elena Torfs
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING
2024
Towards good modelling practice for parallel hybrid models for wastewater treatment processes
Loes Verhaeghe
Jan Verwaeren
Gamze Kirim
Saba Daneshgar
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Elena Torfs
U
Journal Article
in
Water Science & Technology
2024
2023
A hybrid modelling approach for reverse osmosis processes including fouling
Dorien Gaublomme
Ward Quaghebeur
Anse Van Droogenbroeck
Marjolein Vanoppen
Bart De Gusseme
Arne Verliefde
Ingmar Nopens
Elena Torfs
A1
Journal Article
in
DESALINATION
2023
Hybrid models of dynamical systems : neural differential equations, Shapley value analysis and illustrations in water systems
Ward Quaghebeur
Ingmar Nopens
Bernard De Baets
Elena Torfs
Dissertation
2023
Model predictive control for water reuse with reverse osmosis using a data-driven fouling model
Dorien Gaublomme
Marjolein Vanoppen
Bart De Gusseme
Arne Verliefde
Ingmar Nopens
Elena Torfs
C3
Conference
2023
2022
Advanced control of Reverse Osmosis with a data-driven fouling model
Dorien Gaublomme
Marjolein Vanoppen
Bart De Gusseme
Arne Verliefde
Ingmar Nopens
Elena Torfs
C3
Conference
2022
An improved 1D reactive Burger-Diehl settler model for secondary settling tank denitrification
Gamze Kirim
Elena Torfs
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH
2022
Design and evaluation of hierarchical control strategies for wastewater treatment plants using Burger-Diehl settler model in BSM1 framework
E. S. S. Tejaswini
Soniya Panjwani
Elena Torfs
Ingmar Nopens
Seshagiri Rao Ambati
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
2022
Dynamic modelling of Reverse Osmosis : added value for operation and control
Dorien Gaublomme
Marjolein Vanoppen
Bart De Gusseme
Arne Verliefde
Ingmar Nopens
Elena Torfs
C3
Conference
2022
Hybrid differential equations : integrating mechanistic and data-driven techniques for modelling of water systems
Ward Quaghebeur
Elena Torfs
Bernard De Baets
Ingmar Nopens
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER RESEARCH
2022
Hybrid modelling of water resource recovery facilities : status and opportunities
Mariane Yvonne Schneider
Ward Quaghebeur
Sina Borzooei
Andreas Froemelt
Feiyi Li
Ramesh Saagi
Matthew J. Wade
Jun-Jie Zhu
Elena Torfs
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2022
In silico assessment of household level closed water cycles : towards extreme decentralization
Arjen Van de Walle
Elena Torfs
Dorien Gaublomme
Korneel Rabaey
A1
Journal Article
in
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ECOTECHNOLOGY
2022
Mainstream short-cut N removal modelling : current status and perspectives
Gamze Kirim
Kester McCullough
Thiago Bressani Ribeiro
Carlos Domingo-Félez
Haoran Duan
Ahmed Al-Omari
Haydee De Clippeleir
Jose Jimenez
Stephanie Klaus
Mojolaoluwa Ladipo-Obasa
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2022
Optimisation of reverse osmosis processes through hybrid modelling and model predictive control
Dorien Gaublomme
Elena Torfs
Ingmar Nopens
Arne Verliefde
Bart De Gusseme
Dissertation
2022
The transition of WRRF models to digital twin applications
Elena Torfs
Niels Nicolai
Saba Daneshgar
John B. Copp
Henri Haimi
David Ikumi
Bruce Johnson
Benedek B. Plosz
Spencer Snowling
Lloyd R. Townley
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2022
2021
Assessing the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Belgium by means of an extended SEIQRD model and public mobility data
Tijs Alleman
Jenna Vergeynst
Lander De Visscher
Michiel Rollier
Elena Torfs
Ingmar Nopens
Jan Baetens
A1
Journal Article
in
EPIDEMICS
2021
Integrated hybrid modelling of water resource recovery facilities by coupling mechanistic and data-driven ODE models
Ward Quaghebeur
Elena Torfs
Bernard De Baets
Ingmar Nopens
C3
Conference
2021
LESSWATT model-based protocol for mitigation of N2O emissions
Saba Daneshgar
Ingmar Nopens
Youri Amerlinck
Andreia Amaral
Chaïm De Mulder
Attilio Di Nisio
Giacomo Bellandi
Riccardo Gori
Cecilia Caretti
Usman Rehman
et al.
C3
Conference
2021
LESSWATT protocol for minimisation of WWTPs carbon footprint
Saba Daneshgar
Ingmar Nopens
Youri Amerlinck
Andreia Amaral
Chaïm De Mulder
Attilio Di Nisio
Giacomo Bellandi
Riccardo Gori
Cecilia Caretti
Francesco Spennati
et al.
C3
Conference
2021
Uncovering the hidden potential of online data in Reverse Osmosis : a data-driven model to predict fouling
Dorien Gaublomme
Anse Van Droogenbroeck
Ward Quaghebeur
Bart De Gusseme
Arne Verliefde
Ingmar Nopens
Marjolein Vanoppen
Elena Torfs
C3
Conference
2021
2020
A generic reverse osmosis model for full-scale operation
Dorien Gaublomme
Laurence Strubbe
Marjolein Vanoppen
Elena Torfs
Séverine Mortier
Emile Cornelissen
Bart De Gusseme
Arne Verliefde
Ingmar Nopens
A1
Journal Article
in
DESALINATION
2020
Coupling mechanistic and data-driven models by means of neural differential equations to incorporate unmodeled dynamics
Ward Quaghebeur
David Fernandes del Pozo
Elena Torfs
Bram De Baets
Ingmar Nopens
C3
Conference
2020
The impact of local hydrodynamics on high-rate activated sludge flocculation in laboratory and full-scale reactors
Sophie Balemans
Siegfried Vlaeminck
Elena Torfs
Leonie Hartog
Laura Zaharova
Usman Rehman
Ingmar Nopens
A1
Journal Article
in
Processes
2020
2019
Investigation of the distributed settling behaviour of high- rate activated sludge using the multi-class settling model
Sophie Balemans
Elena Torfs
M. Carmen Martí
Siegfried Vlaeminck
Laura Zaharova
Leonie Hartog
Ingmar Nopens
C3
Conference
2019
2017
Concentration-driven models revisited : towards a unified framework to model settling tanks in water resource recovery facilities
Elena Torfs
M Carmen Martí
Florent Locatelli
Sophie Balemans
Raimund Bürger
Stefan Diehl
Julien Laurent
Peter A Vanrolleghem
Pierre François
Ingmar Nopens
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2017
On constitutive functions for hindered settling velocity in 1-D settler models : selection of appropriate model structure
Elena Torfs
Sophie Balemans
Florent Locatelli
Stefan Diehl
Raimund Bürger
Julien Laurent
Pierre François
Ingmar Nopens
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER RESEARCH
2017
2016
Concentration-driven models revisited: towards a unified framework to model settling tanks in WWTPs
Elena Torfs
Florent Locatelli
Sophie Balemans
Julien Laurent
Peter A Vanrolleghem
Raimund Bürger
Stefan Diehl
Pierre François
Robert Mosse
Ingmar Nopens
C1
Conference
2016
2015
Critical analysis of constitutive functions for hindered settling velocity in 1-D settler models
Elena Torfs
Sophie Balemans
Florent Locatelli
Raimund Bürger
Pierre François
Julien Laurent
Stefan Diehl
Ingmar Nopens
C1
Conference
2015
Different settling regimes in secondary settling tanks : experimental process analysis, model development and calibration
Elena Torfs
Ingmar Nopens
Dissertation
2015
Impact of the flocculation state on hindered and compression settling: experimental evidence and overview of available modelling frameworks
Elena Torfs
Florent Locatelli
Sophie Balemans
Stefan Diehl
Raimund Bürger
Pierre François
Julien Laurent
Ingmar Nopens
C1
Conference
2015
Impact on sludge inventory and control strategies using the benchmark simulation model no. 1 with the Burger-Diehl settler model
Elena Torfs
Thomas Maere
R Bürger
S Diehl
Ingmar Nopens
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2015
Population balance models: a useful complementary modelling framework for future WWTP modelling
Ingmar Nopens
Elena Torfs
Joel Ducoste
Peter A Vanrolleghem
Krist V Gernaey
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2015
2014
A novel methodology for the calibration of discrete settling behaviour of activated sludge
Elena Torfs
Faezeh Mahdavi Mazdeh
Giacomo Bellandi
Ingmar Nopens
C1
Conference
2014
Population Balance Models: a useful complementary modelling framework for future WWTP modelling
Ingmar Nopens
Elena Torfs
Joel Ducoste
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Krist V Gernaey
C1
Conference
2014
2013
A consistent modelling methodology for secondary settling tanks: a reliable numerical method
Raimund Bürger
Stefan Diehl
Sebastian Farås
Ingmar Nopens
Elena Torfs
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2013
Improved predictions of effluent suspended solids in wastewater treatment plants by integration of a PBM with computational fluid dynamics
Elena Torfs
Mehul Vesvikar
Ingmar Nopens
C1
Conference
2013
Towards improved 1-D settler modelling : calibration of the Bürger model and case study
Elena Torfs
Pieter Vlasschaert
Youri Amerlinck
Raimund Bürger
Stefan Diehl
Sebastian Farås
Ingmar Nopens
C1
Conference
2013
Towards improved 1-D settler modelling : impact on control strategies using the Benchmark Simulation Model
Elena Torfs
Thomas Maere
Raimund Bürger
Stefan Diehl
Sebastian Faras
Ingmar Nopens
C1
Conference
2013
2012
A reliable numerical method for secondary settling modeling
Elena Torfs
R Bürger
S Diehl
S Faras
Ingmar Nopens
C1
Conference
2012
Integrated model-based optimisation at the WWTP of Eindhoven
Katrijn Cierkens
Ingmar Nopens
Webbey De Keyser
Stijn Van Hulle
Salvatore Plano
Elena Torfs
Youri Amerlinck
Lorenzo Benedetti
A van Nieuwenhuijzen
S Weijers
et al.
A2
Journal Article
in
WATER PRACTICE AND TECHNOLOGY
2012
Investigating kernel structures for Ca-induced activated sludge aggregation using an inverse problem methodology
Elena Torfs
Abhishek Dutta
Ingmar Nopens
A1
Journal Article
in
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
2012
Towards mechanistic models for activated sludge flocculation under different conditions based on inverse problems
Elena Torfs
Giacomo Bellandi
Ingmar Nopens
A1
Journal Article
in
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2012
2011
Construction of mechanistic models for activated sludge flocculation under different conditions based on inverse problems
Elena Torfs
Giacomo Bellandi
Ingmar Nopens
C1
Conference
2011
Investigating kernel structures for shear and Ca-induced activated sludge aggregation using a population balance model with an inverse problem methodology
Elena Torfs
Abhishek Dutta
Ingmar Nopens
A4
Journal Article
in
COMMUNICATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2011
2010
Investigating kernel structures for shear and Ca-induced activated sludge aggregation using an inverse problem methodology
Elena Torfs
Abhishek Dutta
Ingmar Nopens
C3
Conference
2010