Sustainable Water Treatment through Fractional-Order Chemostat Modeling with Sliding Memory and Periodic Boundary Conditions: A Mathematical Framework for Clean Water and Sanitation

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contents This work develops and analyzes a novel fractional-order chemostat system (FOCS) with a Caputo fractional derivative (CFD) featuring a sliding memory window and periodic boundary conditions (PBCs), designed to model microbial pollutant degradation in sustainable water treatment. By incorporating the Caputo fractional derivative with sliding memory (CFDS), the model captures time-dependent behaviors and memory effects in biological systems more realistically than classical integer-order formulations. We reduce the two-dimensional fractional differential equations (FDEs) governing substrate and biomass concentrations to a one-dimensional FDE by utilizing the PBCs. The existence and uniqueness of non-trivial, periodic solutions are established using the Caratheodory framework and fixed-point theorems, ensuring the system's well-posedness. We prove the positivity and boundedness of solutions, demonstrating that substrate concentrations remain within physically meaningful bounds and biomass concentrations stay strictly positive, with solution trajectories confined to a biologically feasible invariant set. Additionally, we analyze non-trivial equilibria under constant dilution rates and derive their stability properties. The rigorous mathematical results confirm the viability of FOCS models for representing memory-driven, periodic bioprocesses, offering a foundation for advanced water treatment strategies that align with Sustainable Development Goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation).
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spellingShingle Sustainable Water Treatment through Fractional-Order Chemostat Modeling with Sliding Memory and Periodic Boundary Conditions: A Mathematical Framework for Clean Water and Sanitation
Elgindy, Kareem T.
Optimization and Control
Dynamical Systems
This work develops and analyzes a novel fractional-order chemostat system (FOCS) with a Caputo fractional derivative (CFD) featuring a sliding memory window and periodic boundary conditions (PBCs), designed to model microbial pollutant degradation in sustainable water treatment. By incorporating the Caputo fractional derivative with sliding memory (CFDS), the model captures time-dependent behaviors and memory effects in biological systems more realistically than classical integer-order formulations. We reduce the two-dimensional fractional differential equations (FDEs) governing substrate and biomass concentrations to a one-dimensional FDE by utilizing the PBCs. The existence and uniqueness of non-trivial, periodic solutions are established using the Caratheodory framework and fixed-point theorems, ensuring the system's well-posedness. We prove the positivity and boundedness of solutions, demonstrating that substrate concentrations remain within physically meaningful bounds and biomass concentrations stay strictly positive, with solution trajectories confined to a biologically feasible invariant set. Additionally, we analyze non-trivial equilibria under constant dilution rates and derive their stability properties. The rigorous mathematical results confirm the viability of FOCS models for representing memory-driven, periodic bioprocesses, offering a foundation for advanced water treatment strategies that align with Sustainable Development Goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation).
title Sustainable Water Treatment through Fractional-Order Chemostat Modeling with Sliding Memory and Periodic Boundary Conditions: A Mathematical Framework for Clean Water and Sanitation
topic Optimization and Control
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04420