
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2011
Journal or Book Title
Cereal Chemistry
Volume
88
Issue
5
First Page
480
Last Page
489
DOI
10.1094/CCHEM-12-10-0179
Abstract
Neural network (NN) modeling techniques were used to predict flowability behavior of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) prepared with varying levels of condensed distillers solubles (10, 15, and 20%, wb), drying temperatures (100, 200, and 300°C), cooling temperatures (–12, 25, and 35°C), and storage times (0 and 1 month). Response variables were selected based on our previous research results and included aerated bulk density, Hausner ratio, angle of repose, total flowability index, and Jenike flow index. Various NN models were developed using multiple input variables in order to predict single-response and multiple-response variables simultaneously. The NN models were compared based on R2, mean square error, and coefficient of variation obtained. In order to achieve results with higher R2 and lower error, the number of neurons in each hidden layer, the step size, the momentum learning rate, and the number of hidden layers were varied. Results indicate that for all the response variables, R2 > 0.83 was obtained from NN modeling. Compared with our previous studies, NN modeling provided better results than either partial least squares modeling or regression modeling, indicating greater robustness in the NN models. Surface plots based on the predicted values from the NN models yielded process and storage conditions for favorable versus cohesive flow behavior for DDGS. Modeling of DDGS flowability using NN has not been done before, so this work will be a step toward the application of intelligent modeling procedures to this industrial challenge.
Access
Open
Copyright Owner
AACC International, Inc.
Copyright Date
2011
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bhadra, Rumela; Muthukumarappan, Kasiviswanathan; and Rosentrater, Kurt A., "Artificial Neural Network Modeling of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) Flowability with Varying Process and Storage Parameters" (2011). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 273.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/273
Comments
This article is from Cereal Chemistry 88, no. 5 (September/October 2011): 480–489, doi:10.1094/CCHEM-12-10-0179.