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A Rapid Detection Method for Coal Ash Content in Tailings Suspension Based on Absorption Spectra and Deep Feature Extraction

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  • Wenbo Zhu

    (School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Foshan University, Foshan 528200, China)

  • Xinghao Zhang

    (School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Foshan University, Foshan 528200, China)

  • Zhengjun Zhu

    (China Coal Technology Engineering Group, Tangshan Research Institute, Tangshan 063000, China)

  • Weijie Fu

    (School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Foshan University, Foshan 528200, China)

  • Neng Liu

    (School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Foshan University, Foshan 528200, China)

  • Zhengquan Zhang

    (School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Foshan University, Foshan 528200, China)

Abstract

Traditional visual detection methods that employ image data are often unstable due to environmental influences like lighting conditions. However, microfiber spectrometers are capable of capturing the specific wavelength characteristics of tail coal suspensions, effectively circumventing the instability caused by lighting variations. Utilizing spectral analysis techniques for detecting ash content in tail coal appears promising as a more stable method of indirect ash detection. In this context, this paper proposes a rapid detection method for the coal ash content in tailings suspensions based on absorption spectra and deep feature extraction. Initially, a preprocessing method, the inverse time weight function (ITWF), is presented, focusing on the intrinsic connection between the sedimentation phenomena of samples. This enables the model to learn and retain spectral time memory features, thereby enhancing its analytical capabilities. To better capture the spectral characteristics of tail coal suspensions, we designed the DSFN (DeepSpectraFusionNet) model. This model has an MSCR (multi-scale convolutional residual) module, addressing the conventional models’ oversight of the strong correlation between adjacent wavelengths in the spectrum. This facilitates the extraction of relative positional information. Additionally, to uncover potential temporal relationships in sedimentation, we propose a CLSM-CS (convolutional long-short memory with candidate states) module, designed to strengthen the capturing of local information and sequential memory. Ultimately, the method employs a fused convolutional deep classifier to integrate and reconstruct both temporal memory and positional features. This results in a model that effectively correlates the ash content of suspensions with their absorption spectral characteristics. Experimental results confirmed that the proposed model achieved an accuracy of 80.65%, an F1-score of 80.45%, a precision of 83.43%, and a recall of 80.65%. These results outperformed recent coal recognition models and classical temporal models, meeting the high standards required for industrial on-site ash detection tasks.

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  • Wenbo Zhu & Xinghao Zhang & Zhengjun Zhu & Weijie Fu & Neng Liu & Zhengquan Zhang, 2024. "A Rapid Detection Method for Coal Ash Content in Tailings Suspension Based on Absorption Spectra and Deep Feature Extraction," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-23, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:12:y:2024:i:11:p:1685-:d:1404234
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