Towards Designing an Innovative Industrial Fan: Developing Regression and Neural Models Based on Remote Mass Measurements

Jacek Czyżewicz, Piotr Jaskólski, Paweł Ziemiański, Marian Piwowarski, Mateusz Bortkiewicz, Krzysztof Laszuk, Ireneusz Galara, Marta Pawłowska and Karol Cybulski
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Jacek Czyżewicz: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
Piotr Jaskólski: Nyborg-Mawent S.A., ul. Ciepła 6, 82-200 Malbork, Poland
Paweł Ziemiański: Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
Marian Piwowarski: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
Mateusz Bortkiewicz: Nyborg-Mawent S.A., ul. Ciepła 6, 82-200 Malbork, Poland
Krzysztof Laszuk: Nyborg-Mawent S.A., ul. Ciepła 6, 82-200 Malbork, Poland
Ireneusz Galara: Nyborg-Mawent S.A., ul. Ciepła 6, 82-200 Malbork, Poland
Marta Pawłowska: Nyborg-Mawent S.A., ul. Ciepła 6, 82-200 Malbork, Poland
Karol Cybulski: Nyborg-Mawent S.A., ul. Ciepła 6, 82-200 Malbork, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: This article presents the process of the construction and testing a remote, fully autonomous system for measuring the operational parameters of fans. The measurement results obtained made it possible to create and verify mathematical models using linear regression and neural networks. The process was implemented as part of the first stage of an innovative project. The article presents detailed steps of constructing a system to collect and process measurement data from fans installed in actual operating conditions and the results of analysis of this data. In particular, a measurement infrastructure was developed, defined, and implemented. Measuring equipment was mounted on selected ventilation systems with relevant fans. Systems were implemented that allowed continuous measurement of ventilation system parameters and remote transmission of data to a server where it was regularly analysed and selected for use in the process of modelling and diagnostics. Pearson’s correlation analysis for p < 0.05 indicated that all seven parameters (suction temperature, discharge temperature, suction pressure, current consumption, rotational speed, humidity, and flow) were significantly correlated with efficiency ( p < 0.001). A satisfactory level of correlation between the selected parameters measured in actual conditions and the characteristics of the fan and the ventilation system was experimentally verified. This was determined by finding 4 statistically significant parameters at a confidence level of 95%. This allowed the creation of two mathematical models of the fan system and the ventilation system using linear regression and neural networks. The linear regression model showed that the suction temperature, discharge temperature, and air humidity did not affect the fan efficiency (they are statistically insignificant, p > 0.05). The neural model, which considered all measured parameters, achieved the same accuracy as the model based on four significant parameters: suction pressure, current consumption, rotational speed, and flow.

Keywords: fans; measurements; remote measurement and diagnostic systems; fan characteristics; linear regression; neural networks; managing innovative project; entrepreneurial organisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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