Comparison of the prediction performance of separating coal in separation equipment using machine learning based cubic regression modelling and cascade neural network modelling

Abstract

The availability of low-grade coal with a high amount of ash has urged the improvisation of separation equipment with minimal or no water utilization. The present work addresses the study on the separation equipment performance with different moisture coal. The experimental results were obtained in terms of separation efficiency. After obtaining the experimental results, the mathematical modeling results were obtained using different techniques. The cubic regression and cascade neural network models were considered to study the mathematical correlation with experimental results. The R-squared value of each mathematical modeling technique was correlated with the model fitting to check the model’s validity. The results clearly showed that the cubic model fitting for the experimental condition had provided an excellent R-squared value varying from 92% to 99%. The cascade model fitting for the experimental condition has provided a higher R-squared value, i.e., more than 99%. Results show that for all experimental conditions, the cascade model fitting of the neural network technique provides the significant mathematical modeling technique suitable for predicting the separation equipment’s performance compared to the cubic model of the regression technique. © 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.