Radial Basis Function Neural Network Model Prediction of Thermo-catalytic Carbon Dioxide Oxidative Coupling of Methane t
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Radial Basis Function Neural Network Model Prediction of Thermocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Oxidative Coupling of Methane to C2hydrocarbon Bamidele Victor Ayodele1 · Siti Indati Mustapa1 · Thongthai Witoon2 · Ramesh Kanthasamy3 · Mohammed Zwawi4 · Chiedu N. Owabor5 Accepted: 17 November 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Various anthropogenic activities often result in the emission of carbon dioxide ( CO2), which is one of the principal components of greenhouse gases responsible for greenhouse effect. One vital strategy to mitigate the effect of the released CO2 on the environment is through sustainable utilization and conversion to value-added chemicals. This study employs the Radial Basis Function artificial neural network for modeling the prediction of thermo-catalytic CO2 oxidative coupling of methane to C2-hydrocarbons. The various architecture of the Radial Basis Function ANN was developed, trained, and tested using the non-linear relationship between the input parameters (reaction temperature, amount of CaO and MnO in the CaO-MnO/ CeO2 catalysts and the CO2/CH4 ratio) and the output parameters (C2 hydrocarbon selectivity and yield). The Radial Basis Function ANN architecture with the topology of 4-20-2, representing the input layer, hidden neurons, and the output layer offers the best performance with a sum of square error (SSE) of 3.9 × 10−24 for training and 0.224 for testing. The R 2 of 0.989 and 0.998 obtained for the prediction of the selectivity and the yield of the C 2 hydrocarbon is an indication of the robustness of the Radial Basis Function ANN model. The sensitivity analysis revealed that the input parameters significantly influence the model output. However, the reaction temperature has the most significant influence on the model output based on the level of importance. Keywords Artificial neural network · Carbon dioxide utilization · Radial basis function · Oxidative coupling of methane · C2 hydrocarbon
1 Introduction * Bamidele Victor Ayodele [email protected] 1
Institute of Energy Policy and Research, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM‑UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Center of Excellence on Petrochemical and Materials Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University Bangkok, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh Branch, P.O. Box 344, Rabigh 21911, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh Branch, P.O. Box 344, Rabigh 21911, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
Sustainable utilization of carbon dioxide ( CO2) to mitigate its effect on the environment has been the focus of researchers in the past decades [1–3]. CO2 together with methane are the major consti
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