Frosting weight and refrigerating capacity prediction of fin evaporator based on random finite element method and ridgelet neural network

Frosting weight and refrigerating capacity prediction of fin evaporator based on random finite element method and ridgelet neural network

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Frosting Weight and Refrigerating Capacity Prediction of Fin Evaporator Based on Random Finite Element Method and Ridgelet Neural Network Bin Zhao , Yi Ren , Diankui Gao , Chengjiang Shi , Lizhi Xu , Yuanyuan Zhang PII: DOI: Reference:

S0140-7007(18)30510-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2018.11.046 JIJR 4217

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International Journal of Refrigeration

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28 July 2018 25 November 2018 30 November 2018

Please cite this article as: Bin Zhao , Yi Ren , Diankui Gao , Chengjiang Shi , Lizhi Xu , Yuanyuan Zhang , Frosting Weight and Refrigerating Capacity Prediction of Fin Evaporator Based on Random Finite Element Method and Ridgelet Neural Network, International Journal of Refrigeration (2018), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2018.11.046

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Highlights A prediction model of frost volume and refrigerating capacity of fin evaporator is established.



Ridgelet neural network is constructed through using ridgelet function as excitation function.

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Improved genetic algorithm is used to training ridgelet neural network. Samples of finned evaporator are obtained based on random finite element method. Prediction precision and efficiency of frost volume and refrigerating capacity are improved.

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Frosting Weight and Refrigerating Capacity Prediction of Fin Evaporator Based on Random Finite Element Method and Ridgelet Neural Network

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Bin Zhao, Yi Ren, Diankui Gao, Chengjiang Shi, Lizhi Xu, Yuanyuan Zhang (School of Mechanical Engineering, Liaoning Shihua University, Fushun, Liaoning, 113001, China) Abstract: In order to confirm the proper defrosting measurement, the Frosting weight and refrigerating capacity of fin evaporator should be predicted correctly, therefore the new prediction model is proposed by combining the ridgelet neural network and random finite element method. Firstly, the ridgelet neural network is constructed through using ridgelet function as excitation function of hidden layer, and the basic structure of the ridgelet neural network is designed. Secondly, the training algorithm of ridgelet neural network is put forward based on improved genetic algorithm, the intervals of weights and thresholds can be changed dynamically for the improved genetic algorithm. Thirdly, the frosting random finite element model of fin evaporator is constructed, the frosting parameters of fin evaporator are considered as random variables, and the simulation results under different working condition can be used as testing samples and training samples. Finally, the Frosting weight and refrigerating capacity of fin evaporator are predicted based on new prediction model, simulation analysis shows that the new prediction model has highest prediction precision and efficiency.

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Key words: Frosting weight; Refrigerating capacity; fin evaporator; random finite element method; ridgelet neural network Nomenclatures

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scale factor

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scale factor of ridgelet function, total pressure of wet air, Pa translation factor location of ridgelet function coefficient

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a a' B b b' C

c fr

thermal conductivity of frost layer, W /( m  K )

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import moisture content of fined evaporator, kg / kgdry air

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export moisture content of fined evaporator, kg / kgdry air

deq

equivalent diameter of finned tube, m

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prediction error of ridgelet neural network

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sum of error energy

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E [T j ,low ]

upper bounds of meaning value of E [T j ]

E [T j ,upper ] low bounds of meaning value of E [T j ] sectional area of fin evaporator, m

Fa gˆ ( x)

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Fourier transform of g (x)

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enthalpy of import air, J / kg

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enthalpy of export air, ia ,o , J / kg

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fin length along airflow direction, m

ma mass flow, kg /(m2  s)

heat conducting matrix between frost layer and fin of taking low bound of {~} and

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population size

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m and n coefficient

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fin thermal conductivity matrix of taking low bound of {~} and upper bound of

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h denotes the heat transfer coefficient, W /(m2  K )

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heat conducting matrix between frost layer and fin of taking upper bound of {~} and

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low bound of { }

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outer normal direction of boundary surface

Ps saturated pressure of water vapor under dry bulb temperature of wet air, Pa pc

cross probability

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mutation probability

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3 internal heat strength, kJ / m

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3 heat of conducting from frost layer to fin per unit volume, W / m

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surface temperature of fin, K

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outer surface temperature of frost layer, K

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node temperature vector in p  1 th step

derivative of node temperature vector to time e in p th step initial time,

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time step, circumference of fin, m direction of ridgelet function

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wind velocity, m / s

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matrixes Z and Y  level set

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thermal conductivity of air, W /( m  K )

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thermal conductivity of frost layer, W /( m  K )

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thickness of frost layer, m

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connection weight

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optimal weight

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The basic function of refrigerators is to keep food fresh. The quality of food is decided by air temperature and air distribution of freezer and refrigerator, and the unsuitable air temperature and wind speed may affect the preservation of food, therefore it is necessary to ensure the stability of refrigeration performance for refrigerator [1]. Finned evaporator has characteristics of light quality, compact structure and cheap price, which has been widely applied in refrigerator. Finned evaporator frosting is a regular problem in the refrigerating system. When outer surface temperature of finned evaporator is lower than the freezing temperature, the heat and mass transfer between the wet air and cold surface of the evaporator. Frosting will be produced when the wet air passes through the surface of the evaporator. And the frost layer is the porous medium made up of bubbles and ice crystals, and the thermal conductivity of the frost layer is not high, therefore the heat exchange between air and surface of evaporator reduces, and the performance of the evaporator decreases accordingly. The water vapor condenses on the outer surface of evaporator, on the one hand, it can form thermal resistance, on the other hand, the air passage becomes narrow to improve the pressure drop, therefore the evaporator can not work successfully. The frosting of finned evaporator has become been concerned in recent years. Ali Bahadır Olcay et al. programmed an in-house-code to confirm frost ratio on evaporator surface by an image processing technique, and measured the evaporator capacities and pressure drops across the evaporator to compare with the theoretical findings [2]. Marco A.S.Timmermann et al. studied the thermal performance of peripheral-finned tube evaporator under frosting, and proposed an experimental and theoretical evaluation of frost formation on the moist air side of a peripheral finned-tube heat evaporator [3]. Diogo L. da Silva and Christian J. L. Hermes assessed the performance of fan-supplied tube-fin evaporators to identify the main parameters which affect the cooling capacity under frosting conditions and defrost cycle performance [4]. Gustavo G.Heidinger et al. carried out experiment based on ISO 23953 in an open multideck display cabinet with dual air curtain to evaluate the effect of the evaporator fins arrangement pattern on the overall thermal performance, and studied the increase on the operation time before defrost and minimization of the latent thermal load due water condensation and freezing between the evaporator fins [5]. Heat and mass transfer characteristics of frosting process of finned evaporator have been studied based on experiment and theoretical model. The frosting make can affect the air volume and refrigerating capacity of refrigeration system, and can lead to change of temperature and flow fields of cooling space, the energy consumption of refrigerating system increases accordingly. To ensure normal working of refrigerating system, the defrosting should be carried out for the finned

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evaporator, and the extra energy is consumed in defrosting process, and the refrigeration effect of the evaporator will be affected. Therefore it is necessary to predict frost volume and refrigerating capacity, and then the proper defrosting measurements can be made, and energy saving and material saving of the whole refrigerating system can be achieved to improve the economic benefits of refrigerator manufacturing enterprise. The artificial neural network has good prediction effect in nonlinear problem, and the frost volume and energy consumption have strong nonlinear characteristics, however artificial neural network has some disadvantages, for example, the network structure has difficult to be determined scientifically, the training efficiency of prediction is relatively low, and the global optimal solution is difficult to be found out. In order to make up for these shortcomings of artificial neural network, the wavelet transform can be combined with the traditional neural network to construct the wavelet neural network, the transfer function in hidden layer is replaced by wavelet function. Bin Shi et al. proposed an improved wavelet neural network to model the complicated crude distillation unit, in which new parametric updating rules were adopted to correctly obtain the performance of crude oil distillation unit [6]. Lili Huang and JunWang proposed a new hybrid neural network through combining discrete wavelet transform and stochastic recurrent wavelet neural network, and performed empirical experiments in the prediction of four energy market prices, and the effectiveness of proposed prediction model was presented through contrastive results of the different predictive models [7]. Madasthu Santhosh et al. proposed ensemble empirical mode decomposition algorithm to decompose the original wind speed data, and the developed adaptive wavelet neural network for predict the wind time series data [8]. Younes Solgi and Soheil Ganjefar proposed a variable structure controller based on fuzzy wavelet neural network, and introduced a complex nonlinear time delay system to evaluate it [9]. Weslly Puchalsky et al. evaluated wavelet neural network performance combined with five optimization techniques to obtain the best time series forecasting, and predicted the soybean sack price and product demands from a good company based on wavelet neural network [10]. The structure of prediction model is changed, and the training speed of prediction can be improved greatly without affecting the prediction precision, and defect of the neural network liable to fall into local optimal point can be eliminated. The important factor of restricting the development of neural network is the construction and selection of the sample set required of training neural network. Obtaining data trough experiments will cost a lot of manpower and material resources, in addition, the experiment has many uncertainties. In order to obtain the satisfactory prediction effect of wavelet neural network, the appropriate training samples should be obtained. The sample size can not be too small, otherwise, the training effect can not be achieved. The sample size cannot be excessively many, and the prediction meaning will lose. In addition, the selected samples should has sufficient representativeness and certain randomness. The random finite element method can be used to construct the sample collection, which combines the random method and finite element method. M. A. Hariri-Ardebili et al. carried out seismic analysis of gravity dams based on random finite element method, and proposed the results of a study that considers the spatial distribution of random variables in the context of random field theory [11]. A. Johari and A. Gholampour carried out reliability analysis of unsaturated slope based on conditional random finite element method, simulated conditional random fields by consideration possible fluctuations of measured soil properties, and estimated and implemented suctions in a finite element analysis to predict the

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unsaturated soil behavior [12]. The random variables can be calculated repeatedly, and the statistical analysis is carried out for obtained results to get the frost volume and refrigerating capacity of fin evaporator under different conditions. And the obtained samples based on random finite element method can be used to train and test the wavelet neural network. 1 Basic model of ridgelet neural network The wavelet neural network applies the continuous wavelet function to replace the excitation function of feed forward neural network [13]. The wavelet neural network inherits the advantages of wavelet transform and feed forward neural network, which has good self-adaptive ability, self-learning ability and strong modeling ability. The structure of wavelet neural network is shown in figure 1. The wavelet neural network has three layers, which are input layer, hidden layer and output layer.

Figure 1 Structural diagram of wavelet neural network

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function is defined by g ( x)  [ g1 ( x), g2 ( x),, gh ( x)] , which satisfies the following

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g a , b ( x) 

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where a denotes the scale factor, b denotes the translation factor. Changing value of parameter b of wavelet transform only affects location of window in time axis, Changing value of parameter a can change location of window on frequency axis and shape of window. If the

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window becomes narrow, therefore the time domain resolution of wavelet transform decreases, and the frequency domain resolution of wavelet transform increases. The main advantages of wavelet transform are reflected in analyzing one dimensional piecewise smooth or bounded variation function. When the wavelet transform is generalized to two-dimensional or higher dimensions, the separable wavelet spanned by one dimensional wavelet functions has limited direction, which can not describe the high dimensional functions with linear or surface singularity. To overcome the disadvantages of the wavelet transform, the ridgelet transform is put forward which can shows the singularity in all directions. The ridgelet transform is a multiscale method, which is obtained through adding a directional vector to wavelet basis function. The ridgelet not only has local time-frequency resolution ability like wavelet transform, but also has strong direction selection and identification ability. Therefore the ridgelet function is used as the excitation function to construct the ridgelet neural network.

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ux  a ' ) , i  1,2,, h b'

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2 Training algorithm of ridgelet neural network The feed forward neural network algorithm concludes gradient descent method and genetic algorithm, the gradient descent method is a kind of iteration training algorithm, which has many disadvantages, for example, the algorithm is easy to fall into local minimum point, the learning rate is difficult to be selected, and the convergence speed is relative low. The genetic algorithm is a intelligent optimal method generated based on natural selection and genetics, which can optimize the initial weight and threshold of artificial neural network. However, the optimizing the artificial neural network based on genetic algorithm firstly needs to give the interval ranges of weight and threshold. Because the interval ranges of weight and threshold is difficult to be evaluated, if the optimal weight and threshold is not within the interval ranges, the genetic algorithm has difficulty to find out the optimal solution. In addition, the number of individuals in

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children generation is equal to that in parent generation, therefore the probability of producing excellent individuals is relative low, therefore the genetic algorithm has low convergence speed and is easy to fall into local optimization [17-19]. In order to improve the global search capability of genetic algorithm, the improved multiple children generation genetic algorithm is put forward to adaptively adjust the ranges of weight and threshold. The parent population composed of weight and threshold produce multiple children population, and the number of individuals in generated multiple children population is more than that in parent population generation. Then probability of producing individuals with higher fitness degree is improved, and the searching space of weights and thresholds of ridgelet neural network can be adjusted according to fitness degree value change of current multiple children generation

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and mutation probability pm , and the initial interval of weight and threshold are defined by

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Step 4: The sum of error energy E (n) is calculated, and the individual fitness degree of population is calculated based on linear fitness degree function according to E (n) .

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Step 6: A pair of individuals in parent generation is selected based on roulette selection method. Step 7: Multiple individuals of children generations are produced based on cross operation. Two cross points are produced randomly on each pair of selected parent chromosomes to enter into cross operation. Changing part after the intersection of each pair of parent generation chromosomes can form the new chromosomes, finally 2 pc N0 new individuals can be produced. The number of chromosomes that does not enter into cross operation is (1  pc )  N0 , and the total number of individuals in multiple children generation is calculated by [21]

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3 Frosting model of finned evaporator based on random finite element model The structure of finned evaporator is shown in figure 2. Heat and mass transfer model of finned evaporator under the action of a certain thickness of frost layer is constructed, in order to improve the computing efficiency, four assumptions are given without affecting the computation accuracy, and the following assumption is made [22-24]: Assumption 1: The frosting process is quasi-static process, therefore the frosting process is

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steady in a time step. The thickness of frost layer is equal everywhere, and it is less than height of fin. The thickness of frost layer on fin surface is homogeneous. Assumption 2: The physical parameters of air and frost layer are constant. The effect of environment parameter on the physical parameters of air and frost layer is relative small, which can be ignored. Assumption 3: Heat transfer of fin goes along the fin, and the heat transfer direction of frost layer be perpendicular to surface of fin. The heat transfer in other direction can be ignored. Assumption 4: The top of fin is adiabatic.

Figure 2 Structural diagram of finned evaporator The heat of conducting from frost layer to fin is used as internal heat source. Because the frosting process is considered as a quasi steady state process, the steady heat conduction equation

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W / m 3 ; c fr denotes the thermal conductivity of frost layer, W /(m  K ) ;  fr denotes the

thermal conductivity of frost layer, W /( m  K ) ; U denotes the circumference of fin, m ; A 2

denotes the sectional area, m ;

 fr denotes the thickness of frost layer, m .

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diameter of finned tube, m ; L denotes the fin length along airflow direction, m ; Coefficients C , m and n are calculated by the following expressions:

 f denotes the kinematic viscosity of air, m 2 /s ; vw denotes the wind velocity, m / s .

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2 where ma denotes the mass flow, kg /(m  s) ; d 1 denotes the import moisture content of

fined evaporator, kg / kgdry air , d 2 denotes the export moisture content of fined evaporator,

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The refrigerating capacity is calculated by [27]

Qa  ma (ia,i  ia,o ) Fa

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where ia , i denotes the enthalpy of import air, J / kg ; ia ,o is the enthalpy of export air, ia ,o ,

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The  level set is carried out for expression (15), and the random interval equation can be obtained as follows [28]:

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{ low ,  upper }  {[ 1,low ,  1,upper ],[ 2,low ,  2,upper ],,[ m,low ,  m,upper ]} { low ,  upper }  {[ 1,low ,  1,upper ],[ 2,low ,  2,upper ],,[ m,low ,  m,upper ]}

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K   [ K ( upper , ,  low , )]

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K T   N   0

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Ridgelet neural network Figure 3 Prediction procedure of Frosting weight and refrigerating capacity of fin evaporator based on random finite element method and ridgelet neural network 4 Prediction simulation analysis of Frosting weight and refrigerating capacity of fin evaporator

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The prediction simulation analysis of Frosting weight and refrigerating capacity is carried out based on random finite element method and Ridgelet neural network. A new type fin evaporator is used as the researching objective, and its structure is shown in figure 4. The fin pitches are 7.5/15mm. The fin pitch is distance between adjacent fins, as seen from figure 4, the fin pitch of the top three rows of fins is 7.5m, the fin pitch of bottom row of fin is 15mm, the fin areas are 0.245m2.

Figure 4 Structural diagram of new type fin evaporator The parameter testing is carried out for the new type fin evaporator, the fridge evaporator cover is changed to transparent material for observation, and the a video camera is set inside cabinet for

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Figure 5 Testing device of fin evaporator Frosting situations of different location of fin evaporator at moment with most Frosting weight

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Table 1 Testing data of fin evaporator (Evaporation temperature=299 K )

Time/

Inlet

Relative

Inlet air

Refrigerant

Frosting

Refrigerating

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wind

humidity of

temperature

flow/kg/h

weight/g

capacity/W

speed/

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m/s

air/%

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35%

257

2.0

34.5

112.3

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40%

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2.1

42.3

106.6

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45%

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50%

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2.4

57.4

92.7

5

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1.2

55%

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2.6

69.3

87.5

6

12

1.3

60%

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2.7

75.8

81.2

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14

1.4

65%

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2.8

84.8

78.3

8

16

1.6

70%

267

3.0

96.2

70.3

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75%

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3.2

105.3

63.1

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2.0

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The  =0.85 level set is carried out for every frosting parameter. In order to verify the effectiveness of ridgelet neural network optimized by improved genetic algorithm (IGA-RNN), the BP neural network optimized by genetic algorithm (GA-BPNN) and the B-spline wavelet neural network optimized by genetic algorithm (GA-BSWNN) is also applied to prediction the Frosting weight and refrigerating capacity of fin evaporator. The iteration times are 450. And the prediction performance indexes of the three models are listed in table 2. Table 2 Prediction performance indexes of the three models

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Prediction model GA-BSWNN

GA-BPNN

Average absolute relative error/% (at 100s)

10.32

11.67

12.64

Maximum absolute relative error/% (at 100s)

31.54

45.37

66.92

Root mean square error/% (at 100s)

188.62

249.65

255.37

30s

1.43×10-2

3.17×10-2

6.29×10-2

40s

2.94×10-3

1.46×10-2

4.38×10-2

50s

1.47×10-3

7.45×10-3

8.59×10-3

60s

1.43×10-4

2.79×10-4

4.28×10-4

70s

1.16×10-4

5.32×10-4

6.83×10-4

80s

6.32×10-5

9.63×10-5

1.07×10-4

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Frosting weight/g

Time/ min

IGA-RNN

GA-BSWN

GA-BPNN

N

Refrigerating capacity/W Real

IGA-RNN

GA-BSWNN

GA-BPNN

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Real value

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35.1

36.4

38.3

34.5

113.5

114.6

116.2

112.3

2

4

43.6

44.9

46.2

42.3

107.4

108.7

120.2

106.6

3

6

51.3

52.5

53.7

50.6

100.2

102.3

104.6

99.5

4

8

58.2

59.8

61.4

57.4

93.4

95.6

97.8

92.7

5

10

70.4

72.3

74.6

69.3

88.7

89.3

101.6

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79.2

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82.5

84.2

86.1

81.2

7

14

85.3

86.8

88.4

84.8

79.3

80.8

82.4

78.3

8

16

96.9

97.7

99.1

96.2

71.7

73.2

75.8

70.3

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18

106.4

107.7

109.2

105.3

64.6

65.8

67.5

63.1

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115.3

117.0

118.9

114.8

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