scholarly journals Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Selected Parameters of Commercial Biomass Pellets Using Line Scan Near Infrared-Hyperspectral Image

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 316
Author(s):  
Lakkana Pitak ◽  
Kittipong Laloon ◽  
Seree Wongpichet ◽  
Panmanas Sirisomboon ◽  
Jetsada Posom

Biomass pellets are required as a source of energy because of their abundant and high energy. The rapid measurement of pellets is used to control the biomass quality during the production process. The objective of this work was to use near infrared (NIR) hyperspectral images for predicting the properties, i.e., fuel ratio (FR), volatile matter (VM), fixed carbon (FC), and ash content (A), of commercial biomass pellets. Models were developed using either full spectra or different spatial wavelengths, i.e., interval successive projections algorithm (iSPA) and interval genetic algorithm (iGA), wavelengths and different spectral preprocessing techniques. Their performances were then compared. The optimal model for predicting FR could be created with second derivative (D2) spectra with iSPA-100 wavelengths, while VM, FC, and A could be predicted using standard normal variate (SNV) spectra with iSPA-100 wavelengths. The models for predicting FR, VM, FC, and A provided R2 values of 0.75, 0.81, 0.82, and 0.87, respectively. Finally, the prediction of the biomass pellets’ properties under color distribution mapping was able to track pellet quality to control and monitor quality during the operation of the thermal conversion process and can be intuitively used for applications with screening.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongdong Li ◽  
Yaling Peng ◽  
Haihong Zhang

To study the texture, microstructural changes, and classification of cold-fresh (C-F), freeze-thawed once (F-T0), and freeze-thawed twice Tan mutton (F-Tt), the aforementioned three types of Tan mutton were subjected to near-infrared hyperspectrum scanning, scanning electron microscopy, and TPA testing. The original spectrum of Tan mutton was obtained at a wavelength range of 900∼1,700 nm after hyperspectrum scanning; a spectrum fragment ranging from 918 nm to 1,008 nm was intercepted, and the remaining original spectrum was used as a studied spectrum (“full spectrum” hereafter). The full spectrum was pretreated by SNV (standard normal variate), MSC (multiple scattering correction), and SNV + MSC and then extracted feature wavelengths by SPA (successive projections algorithm) and CARS (competitive adaptive reweighted sampling) algorithm, and 25 feature wavelengths were obtained. By combining these feature wavelengths with classified variables, the SNV + MSC−CARS−PLS-DA (partial least squares-discriminate analysis, PLS-DA) and SNV + MSC−SPA−PLS-DA models for classification of C-F and F-T Tan mutton were established. In contrast, SNV + MSC−CARS−PLS-DA yielded the highest classification rate of 98% and 100% for calibration set and validation set, respectively. The results indicated that the texture and surface microstructure of F-T Tan mutton deteriorated, and more worsely with F-T time. SNV+MSC-CARS-PLS-DA could be well used to classify C-F, F-T0, and F-Tt Tan mutton.


1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 765-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Dhanoa ◽  
S. J. Lister ◽  
R. J. Barnes

Scale differences of individual near-infrared spectra are identified when set-independent standard normal variate (SNV) and de-trend (DT) transformations are applied in either SNV followed by DT or DT then SNV order. The relationship of set-dependent multiplicative scatter correction (MSC) to SNV is also referred to. A simple correction factor is proposed to convert derived spectra from one order to the other. It is suggested that the suitable order for the study of changes using difference spectra (when removing baselines) should be DT followed by SNV, which leads to all derived spectra on the scale of mean zero and variance equal to one. If baselines are identical, then SNV scale spectra can be used to calculate differences.


1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Garrido-Varo ◽  
Ronald Carrete ◽  
Víctor Fernández-Cabanás

This paper compares the use of log 1/ R versus standard normal variate (SNV) and Detrending (DT) transformations calculated either of two forms, SNV followed by DT (SNV+DT) or DT then SNV (DT+SNV) for their abilities to enhance interpretation of spectra and to detect areas of maximum differences in composition of two agro–food products (sunflower seed and corn) and their corresponding by-products (sunflower meal and corn gluten feed). The results obtained show that the SNV+DT and the DT+SNV transformations of the raw data make the existing chemical differences between scattering agro–food products more easily interpretable.


2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 1362-1370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Yan ◽  
Heinz W. Siesler

For sustainable utilization of raw materials and environmental protection, the recycling of the most common polymers—polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polystyrene (PS)—is an extremely important issue. In the present communication, the discrimination performance of the above polymer commodities based on their near-infrared (NIR) spectra measured with four real handheld (<200 g) spectrometers based on different monochromator principles were investigated. From a total of 43 polymer samples, the diffuse reflection spectra were measured with the handheld instruments. After the original spectra were pretreated by second derivative and standard normal variate (SNV), principal component analysis (PCA) was applied and unknown samples were tested by soft independent modeling of class analogies (SIMCA). The results show that the five polymer commodities cluster in the score plots of their first three principal components (PCs) and, furthermore, samples in calibration and test sets can be correctly identified by SICMA. Thus, it was concluded that on the basis of the NIR spectra measured with the handheld spectrometers the SIMCA analysis provides a suitable analytical tool for the correct assignment of the type of polymer. Because the mean distance between clusters in the score plot reflects the discrimination capability for each polymer pair the variation of this parameter for the spectra measured with the different handheld spectrometers was used to rank the identification performance of the five polymer commodities.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Li ◽  
Bangsong Su ◽  
Tianlun Zhao ◽  
Cong Li ◽  
Jinhong Chen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Gossypol found in cottonseeds is toxic to human beings and monogastric animals and is a primary parameter for integrated utilization of cottonseed products. It is usually determined by the techniques relied on complex pretreatment procedures and the samples after determination cannot be used in breeding program, so it is of great importance to predict the gossypol content in cottonseeds rapidly and non-destructively to substitute the traditional analytical method. Results Gossypol content in cottonseeds was investigated by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Partial least squares regression, combined with spectral pretreatment methods including Savitzky-Golay smoothing, standard normal variate, multiplicative scatter correction, and first derivate, were tested for optimizing the calibration models. NIRS technique was efficient in predicting gossypol content in intact cottonseeds, as revealed by the root-mean-square error of cross-validation (RMSECV), root-mean-square error of prediction (RMSEP), coefficient for determination of prediction (Rp2), and residual predictive deviation (RPD) values for all models, being 0.05–0.07, 0.04–0.06, 0.82–0.92, and 2.3–3.4, respectively. The optimized model pretreated by Savitzky-Golay smoothing + standard normal variate + first derivate resulted in good determination of gossypol content in intact cottonseeds. Conclusions Near infrared spectroscopy coupled with different spectral pretreatments and PLS regression has exhibited the feasibility in predicting gossypol content in intact cottonseeds, rapidly and non-destructively. It could be used as an alternative method to substitute for traditional one to determine the gossypol content in intact cottonseeds.


2019 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 796-803
Author(s):  
R. PUTTHANG ◽  
P. SIRISOMBOON ◽  
C. DACHOUPAKAN SIRISOMBOON

ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to apply near-infrared spectroscopy, with a short-wavelength range of 950 to 1,650 nm, for the rapid detection of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) contamination in polished rice samples. Spectra were obtained by reflection mode for 105 rice samples: 90 samples naturally contaminated with AFB1 and 15 samples artificially contaminated with AFB1. Quantitative calibration models to detect AFB1 were developed using the original and pretreated absorbance spectra in conjunction with partial least squares regression with prediction testing and full cross-validation. The statistical model from the external validation process developed from the treated spectra (standard normal variate and detrending) was most accurate for prediction, with a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.952, a standard error of prediction of 3.362 μg/kg, and a bias of −0.778 μg/kg. The most predictive models according to full cross-validation were developed from the multiplicative scatter correction pretreated spectra (r = 0.967, root mean square error in cross-validation [RMSECV] = 2.689 μg/kg, bias = 0.015 μg/kg) and standard normal variate pretreated spectra (r = 0.966, RMSECV = 2.691 μg/kg, bias = 0.008 μg/kg). A classification-based partial least squares discriminant analysis model of AFB1 contamination classified the samples with 90% accuracy. The results indicate that the near-infrared spectroscopy technique is potentially useful for screening polished rice samples for AFB1 contamination.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1520
Author(s):  
Xiu Jin ◽  
Shaowen Li ◽  
Wu Zhang ◽  
Juanjuan Zhu ◽  
Jia Sun

The application of visible near-infrared (VIS-NIR) analysis technology to quantify the nutrients in soil has been widely recognized. It is important to improve the performance of regression models that can predict the soil-available potassium concentration. This study collected soil samples from southern Anhui, China, and concentrated on the modelling methods by using 29 pretreatment methods. The results show that a combination of three methods, Savitzky–Golay, standard normal variate, and dislodge tendency, exhibited better stability than others because it was the most capable of achieving levels A and B of the ratio of performance of deviation. The boosting algorithms that form an ensemble of multiple weak predictors exhibited better performance than partial least square (PLS) regression and support vector regression (SVR) for the prediction of soil-available potassium. These regression models could be employed to precisely predict the soil-available potassium concentration.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
Feifei Tao ◽  
Haibo Yao ◽  
Zuzana Hruska ◽  
Yongliang Liu ◽  
Kanniah Rajasekaran ◽  
...  

In this study, visible-near infrared spectroscopy over the spectral range of 400–2500 nm was utilized to detect surface contamination of corn kernels with aflatoxin B1. The artificially contaminated samples were prepared by dropping known amounts of aflatoxin B1 standard dissolved in 50:50 ( v/ v) methanol/water solution, onto corn kernel surface to achieve different contamination levels of 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, and 1000 ppb. Both endosperm and germ sides of corn kernels were used for artificial contamination, and a total of 210 contaminated and control kernels were scanned with the visible-near infrared spectroscopy in reflectance mode. Spectral preprocessing methods including standard normal variate, first derivative, second derivative, first derivative + standard normal variate, and second derivative + standard normal variate were applied on the original absorbance spectra. Using the original and preprocessed spectra, the 3-class and 7-class discriminant models were established by the chemometric methods of principal component analysis-linear discriminant analysis and partial least squares discriminant analysis separately. The results showed that in discriminating the aflatoxin B1 contamination levels, the spectral range II (1120–2470 nm) generally performed better than using the corresponding spectra type over range I (410–1070 nm). Compared to using the original spectra, the first derivative and second derivative spectra generally improved the performance of the classification models. For classification thresholds of 20 and 100 ppb in aflatoxin B1, the best 3-class models achieved the same overall accuracy of 98.6% for prediction over both ranges I and II. For the 7-class discriminant models, the best overall accuracies obtained over ranges I and II are 91.4 and 97.1% for prediction.


NIR news ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Rita-Cindy Aye-Ayire Sedjoah ◽  
Bangxing Han ◽  
Hui Yan

The present study is focused on the identification of geographical origin (Zhejiang, Yunnan and Anhui, China) of Dendrobium officinale’s dried stem called Tiepi fengdou by mean of the handheld near-infrared spectrometer. Raw data were preprocessed to reduce unwanted spectral variations by the first-order derivative followed by standard normal variate transformation, and partial least squares discriminant analysis model was developed for calibration. The results showed that more than 90% of the origins were identified. Therefore, it is possible to classify the geographical origin of Tiepi fengdou by the use of the handheld near-infrared spectrometer for effective quality control.


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