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Estimation of hydrogen flow rate in atmospheric Ar:H2 plasma by using artificial neural network

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Atmospheric Ar:H2 plasma is an eco-friendly option for the reduction of metal oxides. For better reduction performance and safety concern, the hydrogen gas injected into the reactor should be monitored. A hydrogen flow rate estimation system is presented in this paper by using an artificial neural network (ANN) model fed with features of optical emission spectra of the plasma. ANN models are studied with two different sets of input, i.e. for the first case the inputs to the model are the three features of Hα line such as the peak intensity count, full-width half maximum and area under Hα line, while for the second case, the peak intensity count of a group of emission lines like Hα, Ar I, O I, K I, Na D lines are considered as the inputs. ANN model is developed for estimating four different sets of hydrogen flow rates 5, 8, 10 and 12 litres per minute (lpm) when the argon flow rate is constant at 10 lpm. For both the input features, the model performances are compared, and it is shown that improved estimation accuracy is observed from the second case, i.e. from peak intensity count of a group of emission lines instead of only hydrogen emission line.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India and CSIR for financial support under GAP-208 and FAC-11, OLP-50 Projects, respectively. Sarita Das would like to thank CSIR for financial assistance through CSIR-SRF fellowship.

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  1. Process Modeling and Instrumentation Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India

    Sarita Das & Debi Prasad Das

  2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, India

    Sarita Das & Debi Prasad Das

  3. Hydro and ElectroMetallurgy Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India

    Chinmaya Kumar Sarangi

  4. Advanced Material Technology Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India

    Bhagyadhar Bhoi

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Das, S., Das, D.P., Sarangi, C.K. et al. Estimation of hydrogen flow rate in atmospheric Ar:H2 plasma by using artificial neural network. Neural Comput & Applic 32, 1357–1365 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3674-z

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