ZHOU Shuheng, DU Wenli. Modeling of ethylene cracking furnace yields based on transfer learning[J]. CIESC Journal, 2014, (12): 4921-4928.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2014.12.037.
Ethylene cracker generally utilizes petroleum products as raw materials
and turn the long-chain hydrocarbon molecules into a variety of short chain hydrocarbons like gaseous hydrocarbons and a small amount of liquid hydrocarbons at high temperature
thereby obtaining ethylene
propylene and other products. Establishing the yield model for main products is of great significance to advanced control
operation optimization of the pyrolysis furnace in theory and practice. Due to the semi-continuous and periodic characteristics of cracking furnace
establishing a yield model for each condition is time-consuming. Considering the temperature
residence time and pressure have common effect on product yields
so this article uses these similarities exist in the new and old processes
supplemented with transfer learning to accomplish quick modeling for different conditions. Compared to previous studies
this method can be able to fully exploit the information contained in the historical data from a small amount of new data. Meanwhile
building a model of ethylene in the process of cracking furnace
case studies demonstrate the efficacy of the developed methodology.