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Record W4408341246 · doi:10.1002/cjce.25661

A novel ensemble network based on <scp>CNN</scp> ‐ <scp>AM</scp> ‐ <scp>BiLSTM</scp> learner for temperature prediction of distillation columns

2025· article· en· W4408341246 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Jianji Ren, Linpeng Fu, Yanan Li, Haiqing Liu, Zhenxi Wang, Yi Chen, Guojun Deng

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicFault Detection and Control Systems
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersNatural Science Foundation of Henan ProvinceNational Natural Science Foundation of China
KeywordsDistillationChemistryComputer scienceChromatography

Abstract

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Abstract In recent years, complexity has significantly increased in chemical processes where a distillation column serves as a crucial unit. It is worthwhile to develop an accurate and reliable predictive model to maintain the steady operation condition of distillation column. Although data‐driven models that do not rely on any prior knowledge present a promising approach, they encounter challenges associated with nonlinearity and dynamic behaviour within process data. To tackle these challenges, a deep learning‐based combined distilled spatiotemporal attention ensemble network (CDSAEN) is proposed. The CDSAEN is constructed by sequentially integrating multiple base learners, which are iteratively distilled and generated with decreasing attention span lengths through the boosting method implemented by a specially designed attention extraction evaluation function. In a base learner, convolutional neural network (CNN), attention mechanism (AM), and bidirectional long short‐term memory (BiLSTM) are utilized to adaptively capture deep and intricate spatiotemporal features and establish a robust mapping relationship from inputs to output. Real‐world process data from a distillation system in a chemical plant is reconstructed as a time series dataset and is subsequently fed into CDSAEN for training to forecast the temperature of the distillation column apparatus in advance. The results exhibited effectiveness and reliability. Additionally, in comparison to six other data‐driven predictive approaches, the proposed method attained superior performance with mean absolute error (MAE) = 0.084, root mean squared error (RMSE) = 0.108, and R 2 = 0.974. This study can provide support for maintaining the stable operation of distillation columns in chemical processes.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.015
Threshold uncertainty score0.029

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.006
GPT teacher head0.181
Teacher spread0.176 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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