Hybrid modeling based on mechanistic and data-driven approaches for cane sugar crystallization

Y Meng, S Yu, J Zhang, J Qin, Z Dong, G Lu… - Journal of food …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cane sugar crystallization is a non-linear and non-stationary process. Some key parameters
which significantly affect the process and the quality of the product such as crystal content …

Crystal measurement technologies for crystallization processes: Advances, applications, and challenges

F Zhang, W Li, B Shan, Y Wang, Z Zhu, Y Huo, Q Xu - Measurement, 2024 - Elsevier
Crystal measurement, especially on-line measurement, in industrial crystallization is always
a challenging topic in the past years, which is crucial to precisely understand crystal …

Crystallization Process in the Sugar Industry: A Discussion On Fundamentals, Industrial Practices, Modeling, Estimation and Control

H Morales, F di Sciascio, E Aguirre-Zapata… - Food Engineering …, 2024 - Springer
The sugar industry plays a crucial role in numerous economies worldwide, and projections
indicate an increase in sugar demand in the coming years. Sugar manufacturing is a …

[HTML][HTML] Handheld near infrared spectrometer and machine learning methods applied to the monitoring of multiple process stages in industrial sugar production

BH da Silva Melo, RF Sales, L da Silva Bastos Filho… - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
This work aimed to evaluate the performance of a handheld NIR spectrometer in developing
calibration models to quantify brix and pol at various stages of an industrial sugar production …

A model-based supersaturation estimator (inferential or soft-sensor) for industrial sugar crystallization process

H Morales, F di Sciascio, E Aguirre-Zapata… - Journal of Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
The degree of supersaturation of the mother liquor is a key factor in improving the monitoring
and control of the final stage of industrial sugar crystallization. However, the difficulty of …

Monitoring of cane sugar crystallization process by multiscale time-series analysis

JA Romero-Bustamante, O Velazquez-Camilo… - Chaos, Solitons & …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents a proposal for the indirect monitoring of cane sugar crystallization using
the multiscale analysis of temperature, pH, and torque time series. The time series were …

Use of a Scattered Light Sensor for Monitoring the Dispersed Surface in Crystallization

L Schmitt, C Meyer, S Schorz, S Manser… - Chemie Ingenieur …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The specific surface area of the dispersed phase in suspensions, emulsions, bubble
columns and aerosols plays a decisive role in the increasement of heat and mass transfer …

Soft sensors for online steam quality measurements of OTSGs

L Xie, Y Zhao, D Aziz, X Jin, L Geng… - Journal of Process …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents a successful application of soft sensor technologies in process industry.
The hybrid modeling technique, online prediction update, and robust implementation …

Adaptive virtual sensors using SNPER for the localized construction and elastic net regularization in nonlinear processes

C Wei, J Chen, Z Song, CI Chen - Control Engineering Practice, 2019 - Elsevier
Traditional data-driven virtual sensors were constructed upon the macro-perspective of the
manifold structure using generalized models. They did not focus on the local relationships …

Data‐driven modeling for crystal size distribution parameters in cane sugar crystallization process

Y Meng, T Yao, S Yu, J Qin, J Zhang… - Journal of Food Process …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Crystal size distribution (CSD) is important in evaluating crystal quality in cane sugar
crystallization process. Due to the complex non‐linearity, time‐delay and strong coupling in …