Combination of Empirical Mode Decomposition and Least Squares Support Vector Machine for Gas Utilization Ratio Prediction of Blast Furnace
摘要
Accurately predicting the gas utilization ratio (GUR), a crucial metric that reflects the operating status and energy consumption of a blast furnace (BF), is extremely important to the production process. In this study, we propose a prediction model for GUR using a combination of empirical mode decomposition (MED) and a least squares support vector machine (LSSVM). Grey relational analysis and the Pearson correlation coefficient are used to select the influential parameters. The results show that GUR can be decomposed into eight intrinsic mode functions (IMFs), each corresponding to different components operating on different time scales. The correlation coefficients between the parameters and these different components range between 0.001 and 0.4, showing their different effects on GUR over different time scales. The model exhibits a high level of accuracy in predicting GUR, with a mean absolute deviation (MAD) of 0.0495 and a mean square error (MSE) of 0.0593, both of which are smaller than those of the LSSVM-based model.