The phrase 'was proposed to replace' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when a suggestion is being made to replace something with something else. For example: "A new policy was proposed to replace the old one."
In this paper, an energy-harvesting vehicle damper was proposed to replace traditional hydraulic dampers.
A list of ONPF, CONPF reinforced composite materials was proposed to replace the GF/PP.
Moreover, a post-remote NH3 plasma treatment was proposed to replace the complicated silanization procedure for enzyme immobilization.
To address this issue, a new air distribution method, which could significantly reduce the pressure drop, was proposed to replace the conventional one.
In this study, a mathematical model of the parameters k, V A, and V TH was proposed to replace the neural networks used for calculating these parameters in a model introduced in Ref. [9].
It was observed that wind speed and shading are the two main variables that influence the human comfort index, based on which a simpler human comfort assessment was proposed to replace the conventional index, standard effective temperature (SET*).
A crowd of 37- to-47-story residential towers is proposed to replace an area of 3- to-6-story buildings built up over the years.
The current government's proposals to "reform" welfare are yet to be passed into law and while aspects of them have proved controversial, little has been written about the personal independence payment (PIP) which is proposed to replace disability living allowance.
Alternatively, machine learning techniques are proposed to replace symbolic techniques (cf. Section 6).
A resolution has been proposed to replace the current 11-1 majorequireduired to effect major changes with a 9-3 ballot.
In this paper, fuzzy PID controllers are proposed to replace the conventional ones.
