title: Determination and Visualization of pH Values in Anaerobic Digestion of Water Hyacinth and Rice Straw Mixtures Using Hyperspectral Imaging with Wavelet Transform Denoising and Variable Selection.
abstract: Biomass energy represents a huge supplement for meeting current energy demands. A hyperspectral imaging system covering the spectral range of 874-1734 nm was used to determine the pH value of anaerobic digestion liquid produced by water hyacinth and rice straw mixtures used for methane production. Wavelet transform (WT) was used to reduce noises of the spectral data. Successive projections algorithm (SPA), random frog (RF) and variable importance in projection (VIP) were used to select 8, 15 and 20 optimal wavelengths for the pH value prediction, respectively. Partial least squares (PLS) and a back propagation neural network (BPNN) were used to build the calibration models on the full spectra and the optimal wavelengths. As a result, BPNN models performed better than the corresponding PLS models, and SPA-BPNN model gave the best performance with a correlation coefficient of prediction (rp) of 0.911 and root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) of 0.0516. The results indicated the feasibility of using hyperspectral imaging to determine pH values during anaerobic digestion. Furthermore, a distribution map of the pH values was achieved by applying the SPA-BPNN model. The results in this study would help to develop an on-line monitoring system for biomass energy producing process by hyperspectral imaging.
authors.affiliation: College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. chuzh@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. yehui03@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. fliu@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. yhe@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: School of Information Engineering, Zhejiang A&amp;F University, Hangzhou 311300, China. wwkong16@zafu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wenwen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. kcsheng@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Kuichuan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sheng
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D012275:Oryza / Q000378:metabolism; D058067:Wavelet Analysis
keywords: anaerobic digestion; distribution map; hyperspectral imaging; pH value; variable selection