Predicting hydrogen adsorption and desorption rates in cylindrical metal hydride beds: Empirical correlations and machine learning

A major limitation in chemisorptive hydrogen storage in metal hydrides is the long time required for the adsorption reaction during charging. This study investigates how the shape and material of the reaction chamber influences the adsorption and desorption rates. Numerical simulations of hydrogen storage in a cylindrical reaction chamber filled with LaNi₅ hydride are conducted for a range of chamber thermal conductivities and aspect ratios. The results show that adsorption and desorption processes are limited by thermal diffusion in the hydride bed and storage chamber. A storage efficiency is proposed based on an ideal isothermal process and used to evaluate the impact of chamber thermal conductivity and aspect ratio on the adsorption and desorption rates. Empirical correlations are proposed for predicting the adsorption and desorption efficiency of cylindrical LaNi₅ hydride beds. Finally, a machine-learning based data model for predicting storage efficiency in metal hydride chambers is presented. Comparison against the empirical correlations highlights that the machine learning-based data model can predict the storage efficiency more accurately.     

Efficient fault diagnosis method of PEMFC thermal management system for various current densities

The temperature of a fuel cell has a considerable impact on the saturation of a membrane, electrochemical reaction speed, and durability. So thermal management is considered one of the critical issues in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Therefore, the reliability of the thermal management system is also crucial for the performance and durability of a fuel cell system. In this work, a methodology for component-level fault diagnosis of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell thermal management system for various current densities is proposed. Specifically, this study suggests fault diagnosis using limited data, based on an experimental approach. Normal and five component-level fault states are diagnosed with a support vector machine model using temperature, pressure, and fan control signal data. The effects of training data at different operating current densities on fault diagnosis are analyzed. The effects of data preprocessing method are investigated, and the cause of misdiagnosis is analyzed. On this basis, diagnosis results show that the proposed methodology can realize efficient component-level fault diagnosis using limited data. The diagnosis accuracy is over 92% when the residual basis scaling method is used, and data at the highest operating current density is used to train the support vector machine.     

Soft sensing of water depth in combined sewers using LSTM neural networks with missing observations

Information and communication technologies combined with in-situ sensors are increasingly being used in the management of urban drainage systems. The large amount of data collected in these systems can be used to train a data-driven soft sensor, which can supplement the physical sensor. Artificial Neural Networks have long been used for time series forecasting given their ability to recognize patterns in the data. Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural networks are equipped with memory gates to help them learn time dependencies in a data series and have been proven to outperform other type of networks in predicting water levels in urban drainage systems. When used for soft sensing, neural networks typically receive antecedent observations as input, as these are good predictors of the current value. However, the antecedent observations may be missing due to transmission errors or deemed anomalous due to errors that are not easily explained. This study quantifies and compares the predictive accuracy of LSTM networks in scenarios of limited or missing antecedent observations. We applied these scenarios to an 11-month observation series from a combined sewer overflow chamber in Copenhagen, Denmark. We observed that i) LSTM predictions generally displayed large variability across training runs, which may be reduced by improving the selection of hyperparameters (non-trainable parameters); ii) when the most recent observations were known, adding information on the past did not improve the prediction accuracy; iii) when gaps were introduced in the antecedent water depth observations, LSTM networks were capable of compensating for the missing information with the other available input features (time of the day and rainfall intensity); iv) LSTM networks trained without antecedent water depth observations yielded larger prediction errors, but still comparable with other scenarios and captured both dry and wet weather behaviors. Therefore, we concluded that LSTM neural network may be trained to act as soft sensors in urban drainage systems even when observations from the physical sensors are missing.     

Stacked autoencoder based deep random vector functional link neural network for classification

Extreme learning machine (ELM), which can be viewed as a variant of Random Vector Functional Link (RVFL) network without the input–output direct connections, has been extensively used to create multi-layer (deep) neural networks. Such networks employ randomization based autoencoders (AE) for unsupervised feature extraction followed by an ELM classifier for final decision making. Each randomization based AE acts as an independent feature extractor and a deep network is obtained by stacking several such AEs. Inspired by the better performance of RVFL over ELM, in this paper, we propose several deep RVFL variants by utilizing the framework of stacked autoencoders. Specifically, we introduce direct connections (feature reuse) from preceding layers to the fore layers of the network as in the original RVFL network. Such connections help to regularize the randomization and also reduce the model complexity. Furthermore, we also introduce denoising criterion, recovering clean inputs from their corrupted versions, in the autoencoders to achieve better higher level representations than the ordinary autoencoders. Extensive experiments on several classification datasets show that our proposed deep networks achieve overall better and faster generalization than the other relevant state-of-the-art deep neural networks.     

How do normalization schemes affect net spillovers? A replication of the Diebold and Yilmaz (2012) study

This paper replicates the Diebold and Yilmaz (2012) study on the connectedness of the commodity market and three other financial markets: the stock market, the bond market, and the FX market, based on the Generalized Forecast Error Variance Decomposition, GEFVD. We show that the net spillover indices (of directional connectedness), used to assess the net contribution of one market to overall risk in the system, are sensitive to the normalization scheme applied to the GEFVD. We show that, considering data generating processes characterized by different degrees of persistence and covariance, a scalar-based normalization of the Generalized Forecast Error Variance Decomposition is preferable to the row normalization suggested by Diebold and Yilmaz since it yields net spillovers free of sign and ranking errors.     

基于ELM的英语教学质量评价研究

对英语教学质量实施科学化的评价关系到英语教学质量的提升,为减少主观因素的影响,本文提出一种ELM的教学质量评价方法,该种方法将可以在很大程度上提高教学质量评价的精度。对影响英语教学质量的12个指标进行打分,以此作为ELM的输入,同时将英语教学质量的综合得分作为ELM的输出。评价结果表明,基于EIM的英语教学质量评价结果比SVM、BP具有了很大程度的提升,为实施英语教学质量的评价提供了参考。     

栈式降噪自编码器在波形单元识别中的应用

为提高多功能雷达(Multi-Function Radar,MFR)波形单元的识别准确率和鲁棒性,提出一种栈式降噪自编码器(Stacked Denoising Autoencoders,SDAE)与支持向量机(Support Vector Machine,SVM)相结合的波形单元识别方法.首先摒弃传统依赖脉冲序列分析技术对MFR信号进行处理的方法,通过分析波形单元结构并借助参数间的联合变化特征,提出一种MFR波形单元分段识别模型,将传统对脉冲序列的识别转化为对MFR波形单元的识别;然后在该模型的基础上引入SDAE,对训练样本数据、SDAE隐含层神经元节点进行加噪处理,并利用这些加噪后的样本数据训练优化SDAE网络模型,提取出样本数据的深层稳健特征;最后引入SVM算法,借助SDAE挖掘出的样本深层特征,实现SVM模型的优化,得到最终的波形单元识别模型(SDAE-SVM).仿真实验表明:提出的波形单元识别方法在相同样本数目和测试误差的条件下,与SVM算法相比,能够取得较高的识别准确率,具备更优越的识别效果.证实MFR波形单元识别模型是有效的,且通过SDAE网络的引入,使得SDAE-SVM方法能够自主地挖掘原始信号的深层特征,提高波形单元识别的鲁棒性和准确率.     

DR机房建设与验收监测的要点探讨

随着我国放射诊断学的快速发展,当前许多医院都在购置或使用医用数字化X射线摄影系统(DR)机房建设必须符合国家标准满足临床使用。本文结合日常工作中总结的经验,从DR机房的规划设计、放射防护设施施工、放射防护验收监测方面探讨了DR机房建设过程中的要点,为医院的机房建设提供参考。     

Cobalt loaded organic acid modified kaolin clay for the enhanced catalytic activity of hydrogen release via hydrolysis of sodium borohydride

Inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid (HCl), nitric acid (HNO₃) and sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) are generally used in the acid modification of clays. Here, CoB catalyst was synthesized on the acetic acid-activated kaolin support material (CH₃COOH -kaolin- CoB) with an alternative approach. This prepared catalyst, firstly, was used to catalyze the hydrolysis of NaBH₄ (NaBH₄-HR). The structure of the raw kaolin, kaolin-CH₃COOH, and CH₃COOH-kaolin-CoB samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD), Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and nitrogen adsorption. At the same time, this catalyst performance was examined by Co loading, NaBH₄ concentration, NaOH concentration, temperature and reusability parameters. The end times of this hydrolysis reaction using raw kaolin-CoB and CH₃COOH-kaolin-CoB were found to be approximately 140 and 245 min, respectively. The maximum hydrogen generation rates (HGRs) obtained at temperatures 30 °C and 50 °C were 1533 and 3400 mL/min/g_catalyst, respectively. At the same time, the activation energy was found to be 49.41 kJ/mol.     

A two-stage vision-based method for measuring the key parameters of ball screws

Ball screws are crucial for improving the reliability and interchangeability of transmission mechanical systems; however, existing contact measurement methods that utilise stylus contact are not efficient, which precludes their use for rapid in-situ geometry evaluation. This paper presents a vision-based two-stage method for rapid measurement of key parameters (raceway arc radii and centre distance) of ball screws. The edge contour information is extracted from the acquired image using the dual-tree complex wavelet transform and non-maximal suppression. In the matching stage, a shape-matching algorithm is used for detecting approximate geometrical centres of raceway arcs. The refinement stage, on the other hand, is implemented for acquiring precise dimensional results. Furthermore, the method of averaging multiple measurements is performed to suppress random noise. A comparative experiment is presented to validate the robustness of the proposed method. Based on experimental results, the calculated mean absolute errors in the measurement of the two raceway arc radii and the centre distance are found to be 0.0082 mm, 0.0079 mm and 0.0055 mm, respectively. This study therefore paves the way for key parameter measurement without removing ball screws.