Modeling and Optimization of Unburned Carbon in Coal-Fired Boiler Using Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Ilamathi ◽  
V. Selladurai ◽  
K. Balamurugan
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Bottom Ash ◽  
Unburned Carbon ◽  
Optimum Level ◽  
Boiler Load ◽  
Artificial Neural

An approach to model coal combustion process to predict and minimize unburned carbon in bottom ash of a large-capacity pulverized coal-fired boiler used in thermal power plant is proposed. The unburned carbon characteristic is investigated by parametric field experiments. The effects of excess air, coal properties, boiler load, air distribution scheme, and nozzle tilt are studied. An artificial neural network (ANN) is used to model the unburned carbon in bottom ash. A genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to perform a search to determine the optimum level process parameters in ANN model which decreases the unburned carbon in bottom ash.

scholarly journals Modeling and Optimizing a New Culture Medium for In Vitro Rooting of G×N15 Prunus Rootstock using Artificial Neural Network-Genetic Algorithm

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mehdi Arab ◽  
Abbas Yadollahi ◽  
Maliheh Eftekhari ◽  
Hamed Ahmadi ◽  
Mohammad Akbari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
In Vitro Rooting ◽  
Artificial Neural

Development of a Hybrid Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm Model for Regime Identification of Slurry Transport in Pipelines

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandip K Lahiri ◽  
Kartik Chandra Ghanta
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Misclassification Error ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann ◽  
Pipeline Design ◽  
Hybrid Artificial Neural Network

Four distinct regimes were found existent (namely sliding bed, saltation, heterogeneous suspension and homogeneous suspension) in slurry flow in pipeline depending upon the average velocity of flow. In the literature, few numbers of correlations has been proposed for identification of these regimes in slurry pipelines. Regime identification is important for slurry pipeline design as they are the prerequisite to apply different pressure drop correlation in different regime. However, available correlations fail to predict the regime over a wide range of conditions. Based on a databank of around 800 measurements collected from the open literature, a method has been proposed to identify the regime using artificial neural network (ANN) modeling. The method incorporates hybrid artificial neural network and genetic algorithm technique (ANN-GA) for efficient tuning of ANN meta parameters. Statistical analysis showed that the proposed method has an average misclassification error of 0.03%. A comparison with selected correlations in the literature showed that the developed ANN-GA method noticeably improved prediction of regime over a wide range of operating conditions, physical properties, and pipe diameters.

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