A review on robust M-estimators for regression analysis

DQF De Menezes, DM Prata, AR Secchi… - Computers & Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Regression analysis constitutes an important tool for investigating the effect of explanatory
variables on response variables. When outliers and bias errors are present, the weighted …

Data reconciliation-based simulation of thermal power plants for performance estimation and digital twin development

J Yu, P Liu, Z Li - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
High-fidelity simulation of thermal systems remains challenging due to online measurement
errors and inherent mismatches of thermal system models. Previous model-based …

Data reconciliation of the thermal system of a double reheat power plant for thermal calculation

J Yu, P Liu, Z Li - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Double reheat is a cutting-edge technology of thermal power generation at the current
material level. There is a lack of research on the performance analysis and monitoring of in …

Improved genetic algorithm for phase-balancing in three-phase distribution networks: A master-slave optimization approach

OD Montoya, A Molina-Cabrera, LF Grisales-Noreña… - Computation, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper addresses the phase-balancing problem in three-phase power grids with the
radial configuration from the perspective of master–slave optimization. The master stage …

Eco-efficiency analysis and intensification of the monochlorobenzene separation process through double-effect strategy

FR Figueiredo, APR Paiva, RO dos Santos… - … and Processing-Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
Distillation is an energy-intensive operation with high capital and operational costs. For this
reason, intensification technologies have been developed to significantly reduce the energy …

Correntropy based Elman neural network for dynamic data reconciliation with gross errors

G Hu, L Xu, Z Zhang - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Measurement information in chemical processes is inevitably corrupted.
Dynamic data reconciliation is an effective method to improve the quality of noisy …

Gross error detection in steam turbine measurements based on data reconciliation of inequality constraints

J Yu, W Han, K Chen, P Liu, Z Li - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Maintaining the online calculation accuracy of isentropic efficiency of a steam turbine stage
is challenging due to widely existing gross errors in steam turbine measurements. They …

A novel strategy of correntropy-based iterative neural networks for data reconciliation and gross error estimation in semiconductor industry

Z Zhang, J Chen, X Wu, L Xie, CI Chen - Journal of Process Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Data from sensors in the semiconductor industry are often contaminated by random or gross
errors. To improve the precision and reliability of process data, data reconciliation and gross …

Joint data reconciliation and artificial neural network based modelling: Application to a cogeneration power plant

JAV Godiño, FJJE Aguilar - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This contribution represents a practical application of predictive thermal modelling of an
existing cogeneration plant. The analysed cogeneration plant consists of a gas turbine …

Risk assessment and optimisation of sulfur in marketing fuels

ACH de Matos, EC de Oliveira - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
It is an operational practice that refineries (here producers) work in an optimised way and
produce diesel and gasoline with a mass fraction of sulfur close to the specification …