Application of Wavelet Neural Network to Prediction of Water Content in Crude Oil

Author(s):  
Huifen Niu ◽  
Cuiling Liu ◽  
Jinqi Wang ◽  
Xiaowen Sun
2011 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 281-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
YE PANG ◽  
WEI XU ◽  
LEAN YU ◽  
JIAN MA ◽  
KIN KEUNG LAI ◽  
...  

In this study, a novel forecasting model based on the Wavelet Neural Network (WNN) is proposed to predict the monthly crude oil spot price. In the proposed model, the OECD industrial petroleum inventory level is used as an independent variable, and the Wavelet Neural Network (WNN) is used to explore the nonlinear relationship between inventories and the price. For verification purposes, the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil spot price is used for the tested target. Experimental results reveal that the WNN can model the nonlinear relationship between inventories and the price very well. Furthermore, the in-sample and out-of-sample prediction performance also demonstrates that the WNN-based forecasting model can produce more accurate prediction results than other nonlinear and linear models, even when the lengths of the forecast horizon are relatively short or long.


2009 ◽  
Vol 129 (7) ◽  
pp. 1356-1362
Author(s):  
Kunikazu Kobayashi ◽  
Masanao Obayashi ◽  
Takashi Kuremoto

Author(s):  
Abed Saad ◽  
Nour Abdurahman ◽  
Rosli Mohd Yunus

: In this study, the Sany-glass test was used to evaluate the performance of a new surfactant prepared from corn oil as a demulsifier for crude oil emulsions. Central composite design (CCD), based on the response surface methodology (RSM), was used to investigate the effect of four variables, including demulsifier dosage, water content, temperature, and pH, on the efficiency of water removal from the emulsion. As well, analysis of variance was applied to examine the precision of the CCD mathematical model. The results indicate that demulsifier dose and emulsion pH are two significant parameters determining demulsification. The maximum separation efficiency of 96% was attained at an alkaline pH and with 3500 ppm demulsifier. According to the RSM analysis, the optimal values for the input variables are 40% water content, 3500 ppm demulsifier, 60 °C, and pH 8.


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