A FCM-clustered neuro-fuzzy model for estimating the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale bio-digester

Real-time and offline monitoring, control and optimization of significant variables of bio-digester plants is crucial for optimal yield and maximum recovery of bioenergy at an industrial scale. Methane is an energy carrier and a critical component in the total biogas generated in a digestion process...

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Main Authors: Oluwatobi Adeleke, Tien-Chien Jen
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:Energy Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484722022004
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description Real-time and offline monitoring, control and optimization of significant variables of bio-digester plants is crucial for optimal yield and maximum recovery of bioenergy at an industrial scale. Methane is an energy carrier and a critical component in the total biogas generated in a digestion process, thus necessitating more attention on the fraction of methane in the biogas yield. However, most previous studies in literature had focused on the volumetric yield of methane with little or no attention given to the fractional composition of methane in the total biogas produced. The deficiency of the classical technique in controlling the process parameters for optimal yield has motivated the need for machine learning-based techniques for modelling the methane fraction of biogas in a large-scale plant. In this study, a fuzzy c-mean (FCM)-clustered adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) was developed to model the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale plant. The FCM clustering technique was preferred owing to its computational speed boost capability. The model was simulated using the control parameters of the algorithms while the optimal model was selected after testing their performance using relevant statistical metrics. The best model was obtained with ANFIS-FCM model with 8 clusters giving Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD), Average Absolute Percentage Relative Error (AAPRE), Relative Mean Bias Error (rMBE) and correlation coefficient (R2) values of 3.156, 2.236, 3.015, 0.306, 0.978 respectively at the training phase and 4.936, 3.245, 3.456. 0.306, 0.956 respectively at the testing phase. The statistical metrics values obtained implied that FCM-ANFIS is a satisfactory model to predict methane fraction successfully.
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spelling doaj.art-ace4eff70c8d47bebf95c68984704abc2023-01-16T04:08:41ZengElsevierEnergy Reports2352-48472022-11-018576584A FCM-clustered neuro-fuzzy model for estimating the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale bio-digesterOluwatobi Adeleke0Tien-Chien Jen1Corresponding author.; Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South AfricaReal-time and offline monitoring, control and optimization of significant variables of bio-digester plants is crucial for optimal yield and maximum recovery of bioenergy at an industrial scale. Methane is an energy carrier and a critical component in the total biogas generated in a digestion process, thus necessitating more attention on the fraction of methane in the biogas yield. However, most previous studies in literature had focused on the volumetric yield of methane with little or no attention given to the fractional composition of methane in the total biogas produced. The deficiency of the classical technique in controlling the process parameters for optimal yield has motivated the need for machine learning-based techniques for modelling the methane fraction of biogas in a large-scale plant. In this study, a fuzzy c-mean (FCM)-clustered adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) was developed to model the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale plant. The FCM clustering technique was preferred owing to its computational speed boost capability. The model was simulated using the control parameters of the algorithms while the optimal model was selected after testing their performance using relevant statistical metrics. The best model was obtained with ANFIS-FCM model with 8 clusters giving Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD), Average Absolute Percentage Relative Error (AAPRE), Relative Mean Bias Error (rMBE) and correlation coefficient (R2) values of 3.156, 2.236, 3.015, 0.306, 0.978 respectively at the training phase and 4.936, 3.245, 3.456. 0.306, 0.956 respectively at the testing phase. The statistical metrics values obtained implied that FCM-ANFIS is a satisfactory model to predict methane fraction successfully.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484722022004MethaneFuzzy c-meansANFISData clusteringBio-digester
spellingShingle Oluwatobi Adeleke
Tien-Chien Jen
A FCM-clustered neuro-fuzzy model for estimating the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale bio-digester
Energy Reports
Methane
Fuzzy c-means
ANFIS
Data clustering
Bio-digester
title A FCM-clustered neuro-fuzzy model for estimating the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale bio-digester
title_full A FCM-clustered neuro-fuzzy model for estimating the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale bio-digester
title_fullStr A FCM-clustered neuro-fuzzy model for estimating the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale bio-digester
title_full_unstemmed A FCM-clustered neuro-fuzzy model for estimating the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale bio-digester
title_short A FCM-clustered neuro-fuzzy model for estimating the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale bio-digester
title_sort fcm clustered neuro fuzzy model for estimating the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial scale bio digester
topic Methane
Fuzzy c-means
ANFIS
Data clustering
Bio-digester
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484722022004
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