scholarly journals Computer image processing and neural network technology for thermal energy diagnosis of boiler plants

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5 Part B) ◽  
pp. 3221-3228
Author(s):  
Junzhen Zhang

Objective: The computer image processing and neural network technology are applied to diagnose the thermal energy of boiler plants, i. e., the flame combustion diagnosis, to verify their effectiveness and superiority. Methods: First, the YD-NQ type endoscopic high temperature video acquisition system is used to collect the images of flame combustion. Second, the images are pre-processed by the gray-scale method and the median filtering method. Then the flame combustion parameter features are extracted. The neural network algorithm is improved, and the boiler combustion model based on the improved neural network algorithm is established. Therefore, the combustion decision base is obtained. Finally, the improved neural network model is compared with the traditional neural network model and the 5-4 model to verify its validity. Results: The experiments have found that the improved neural network model is superior to the traditional neural network model. Meanwhile, its accuracy rate and confidence are relatively higher than those of the traditional model. In addition, a single sample also consumes shorter running time, which is 0.0075 seconds. Comparing with the 5-4 model, the improved neural network model has certain advantages, i. e., its accuracy rate and confidence are relatively higher, which are, respectively 91.28% and 96.69%, however, a single sample consumes longer running time than the 5-4 model. Conclusion: The experimental research has found that the application of computer image processing and neural network technology to the thermal energy diagnosis of boiler plants can effectively determine the stability of flame combustion, timely understand the state of flame combustion, and thus diagnose the thermal energy. Therefore, they have values for applications.

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5 Part B) ◽  
pp. 3059-3068
Author(s):  
Qinghong Wu

The paper uses the flame image processing technology to diagnose the furnace flame combustion achieve the measurement of boiler heat energy. The paper obtains the combustion image of the flame image processing system, and extracts the flame image characteristics of the boiler thermal energy diagnosis, constructs the neural network model of the boiler thermal energy diagnosis, and trains and tests the extracted flame image feature parameter values as the input of the neural network. A rough diagnosis of the boiler?s thermal energy is obtained while predicting the state of combustion. According to the research results, a boiler thermal energy diagnosis system was designed and tested on the boiler of 200 MW unit. The experimental results confirmed the applicability of the system, which can realize on-line monitoring of boiler heat energy and evaluate the combustion situation.


Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1504
Author(s):  
Mingming Shen ◽  
Jing Yang ◽  
Shaobo Li ◽  
Ansi Zhang ◽  
Qiang Bai

Deep neural networks are widely used in the field of image processing for micromachines, such as in 3D shape detection in microelectronic high-speed dispensing and object detection in microrobots. It is already known that hyperparameters and their interactions impact neural network model performance. Taking advantage of the mathematical correlations between hyperparameters and the corresponding deep learning model to adjust hyperparameters intelligently is the key to obtaining an optimal solution from a deep neural network model. Leveraging these correlations is also significant for unlocking the “black box” of deep learning by revealing the mechanism of its mathematical principle. However, there is no complete system for studying the combination of mathematical derivation and experimental verification methods to quantify the impacts of hyperparameters on the performances of deep learning models. Therefore, in this paper, the authors analyzed the mathematical relationships among four hyperparameters: the learning rate, batch size, dropout rate, and convolution kernel size. A generalized multiparameter mathematical correlation model was also established, which showed that the interaction between these hyperparameters played an important role in the neural network’s performance. Different experiments were verified by running convolutional neural network algorithms to validate the proposal on the MNIST dataset. Notably, this research can help establish a universal multiparameter mathematical correlation model to guide the deep learning parameter adjustment process.


Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (24) ◽  
pp. 7071
Author(s):  
Takehiro Kashiyama ◽  
Hideaki Sobue ◽  
Yoshihide Sekimoto

The use of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles has expanded rapidly in recent years. These devices are expected to enter practical use in various fields, such as taking measurements through aerial photography and transporting small and lightweight objects. Simultaneously, concerns over these devices being misused for terrorism or other criminal activities have increased. In response, several sensor systems have been developed to monitor drone flights. In particular, with the recent progress of deep neural network technology, the monitoring of systems using image processing has been proposed. This study developed a monitoring system for flying objects using a 4K camera and a state-of-the-art convolutional neural network model to achieve real-time processing. We installed a monitoring system in a high-rise building in an urban area during this study and evaluated the precision with which it could detect flying objects at different distances under different weather conditions. The results obtained provide important information for determining the accuracy of monitoring systems with image processing in practice.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2096 (1) ◽  
pp. 012112
Author(s):  
V V Zhebsain ◽  
O P Erdniev ◽  
T V Zhebsain

Abstract The paper considers the problem of modeling the dependence of the value of thermal energy production by an electric power company on the air temperature using neural network technology. As an example of an electric power company producing thermal energy, the Public Joint-Stock Company (PJSC) Yakutskenergo. As consumers of thermal energy, organizations, enterprises and the population of the city of Yakutsk, are located at latitude 62 and characterized by a cold northern climate. The numerical experiments carried out in this paper have shown that the general trend of the temperature dependence of thermal energy production, observed empirically, is well described by a neural network


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2978
Author(s):  
Nico Curti ◽  
Enrico Giampieri ◽  
Fabio Guaraldi ◽  
Federico Bernabei ◽  
Laura Cercenelli ◽  
...  

Purpose: Many semi-automated and fully-automated approaches have been proposed in literature to improve the objectivity of the estimation of conjunctival hyperemia, based on image processing analysis of eyes’ photographs. The purpose is to improve its evaluation using faster fully-automated systems and independent by the human subjectivity. Methods: In this work, we introduce a fully-automated analysis of the redness grading scales able to completely automatize the clinical procedure, starting from the acquired image to the redness estimation. In particular, we introduce a neural network model for the conjunctival segmentation followed by an image processing pipeline for the vessels network segmentation. From these steps, we extract some features already known in literature and whose correlation with the conjunctival redness has already been proved. Lastly, we implemented a predictive model for the conjunctival hyperemia using these features. Results: In this work, we used a dataset of images acquired during clinical practice.We trained a neural network model for the conjunctival segmentation, obtaining an average accuracy of 0.94 and a corresponding IoU score of 0.88 on a test set of images. The set of features extracted on these ROIs is able to correctly predict the Efron scale values with a Spearman’s correlation coefficient of 0.701 on a set of not previously used samples. Conclusions: The robustness of our pipeline confirms its possible usage in a clinical practice as a viable decision support system for the ophthalmologists.


1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 251-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Mantere ◽  
Jussi Parkkinen ◽  
Timo Jaaskelainen ◽  
Madan M. Gupta

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