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Record W4407641291 · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137654

Machine learning-aided model for predicting oily sludge pyrolysis under various feedstock and operating conditions

2025· article· en· W4407641291 on OpenAlex

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affAt least one author lists a Canadian institution in the pinned OpenAlex snapshot.
fundA Canadian funder is recorded on the work.

Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Hazardous Materials · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicMineral Processing and Grinding
Canadian institutionsUniversity of British Columbia, Okanagan CampusUniversity of Northern British Columbia
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsRaw materialPyrolysisWaste managementProcess engineeringPulp and paper industryEnvironmental scienceEngineeringChemistryOrganic chemistry

Abstract

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Oily sludge pyrolysis technology has the advantages of potential recovery of valuable resources and safe disposal of non-recoverable residues. However, experimentally determining the optimal pyrolysis operating conditions is time-consuming and expensive. In this study, a machine learning (ML) approach was developed to predict and optimize the oily sludge pyrolysis process. Among the six machine learning models, eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB) was found to have the best prediction results. A multi-task XGB model was then developed with oily sludge ultimate and proximate composition and pyrolysis operating conditions as the modeling inputs. The modeling results indicated that the sludge ash and hydrogen contents as well as the pyrolysis temperature are the most critical factors affecting pyrolysis process and its performance. The contribution of sludge ultimate composition to the pyrolysis performance is 42.5 %, followed by sludge proximate properties (35.8 %) and pyrolysis operating conditions (21.7 %). The multi-task XGB ML model achieved an average R 2 of 0.90 through model verification. The ML-aided modeling approach provides new insights for understanding and optimizing the oily sludge pyrolysis. • Machine learning models were developed to predict oily sludge pyrolysis products. • XGB showed optimal performance (test R 2 of 0.93–0.94) for single-/multi-task models. • Pyrolysis is most affected by sludge ash and hydrogen content and pyrolysis temperature. • The Multi-task XGB model can be used to optimize the pyrolysis oil and gas yield. • Model validation was conducted to verify the accuracy of multi-task XGB modeling.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.370
Threshold uncertainty score0.583

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.013
GPT teacher head0.253
Teacher spread0.240 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it