Artificial neural network-based modeling of pressure drop coefficient for cyclone separators

作者：Zhao, Bingtao^*; Su, Yaxin

来源：Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2010, 88(5-6A): 606-613.

DOI：10.1016/j.cherd.2009.11.010

• Cyclone separators
• Artificial neural network
• Pressure drop coefficient
• Modeling
• Optimized search
• Cross-validation

In order to build the complex relationships between cyclone pressure drop coefficient (PDC) and geometrical dimensions, representative artificial neural networks (ANNs), including back propagation neural network (BPNN), radial basic functions neural network (RBFNN) and generalized regression neural network (GANN), are developed and employed to model PDC for cyclone separators. The optimal parameters for ANNs are configured by a dynamically optimized search technique with cross-validation. According to predicted accuracy of PDC, performance of configured ANN models is compared and evaluated. It is found that, all ANN models can successfully produce the approximate results for training sample. Further, the RBFNN provides the higher generalization performance than the BPNN and GRNN as well as the conventional PDC models, with the mean squared error of 5.84 x 10(-4) and CPU time of 120.15 s. The result also demonstrates that ANN can offer an alternative technique to model cyclone pressure drop.

• 出版日期2010-6
• 单位东华大学; 上海理工大学