Key issues and progress of industrial big data-based intelligent blast furnace ironmaking technology

Blast furnace (BF) ironmaking is the most typical “black box” process, and its complexity and uncertainty bring forth great challenges for furnace condition judgment and BF operation. Rich data resources for BF ironmaking are available, and the rapid development of data science and intelligent technology will provide an effective means to solve the uncertainty problem in the BF ironmaking process. This work focused on the application of artificial intelligence technology in BF ironmaking. The current intelligent BF ironmaking technology was summarized and analyzed from five aspects. These aspects include BF data management, the analyses of time delay and correlation, the prediction of BF key variables, the evaluation of BF status, and the multi-objective intelligent optimization of BF operations. Solutions and suggestions were offered for the problems in the current progress, and some outlooks for future prospects and technological breakthroughs were added. To effectively improve the BF data quality, we comprehensively considered the data problems and the characteristics of algorithms and selected the data processing method scientifically. For analyzing important BF characteristics, the effect of the delay was eliminated to ensure an accurate logical relationship between the BF parameters and economic indicators. As for BF parameter prediction and BF status evaluation,a BF intelligence model that integrates data information and process mechanism was built to effectively achieve the accurate prediction of BF key indexes and the scientific evaluation of BF status. During the optimization of BF parameters, low risk, low cost, and high return were used as the optimization criteria, and while pursuing the optimization effect, the feasibility and site operation cost were considered comprehensively.This work will help increase the process operator’s overall awareness and understanding of intelligent BF technology. Additionally, combining big data technology with the process will improve the practicality of data models in actual production and promote the application of intelligent technology in BF ironmaking.

Optimal design of hot rolling process for C-Mn steel by combining industrial data-driven model and multi-objective optimization algorithm

A successful mechanical property data-driven prediction model is the core of the optimal design of hot rolling process for hot-rolled strips. However, the original industrial data, usually unbalanced, are inevitably mixed with fluctuant and abnormal values. Models established on the basis of the data without data processing can cause misleading results, which cannot be used for the optimal design of hot rolling process. Thus, a method of industrial data processing of C-Mn steel was proposed based on the data analysis. The Bayesian neural network was employed to establish the reliable mechanical property prediction models for the optimal design of hot rolling process. By using the multi-objective optimization algorithm and considering the individual requirements of costumers and the constraints of the equipment, the optimal design of hot rolling process was successfully applied to the rolling process design for Q345B steel with 0.017% Nb and 0.046% Ti content removed. The optimal process design results were in good agreement with the industrial trials results, which verify the effectiveness of the optimal design of hot rolling process.

Real-time performance of periodic data transmission in EPA industrial Ethernet

To evaluate and improve the real-time performance of Ethernet for plant automation（EPA） industrial Ethernet,the real-time performance of EPA periodic data transmission was theoretically and experimentally studied.By analyzing information transmission regularity and EPA deterministic scheduling mechanism,periodic messages were categorized as different modes according to their entering-queue time.The scheduling characteristics and delivery time of each mode and their interacting relations were studied,during which the models of real-time performance of periodic information transmission in EPA system were established.On this basis,an experimental platform is developed to test the delivery time of periodic messages transmission in EPA system.According to the analysis and the experiment,the main factors that limit the real-time performance of EPA periodic data transmission and the improvement methods were proposed.

A comprehensive review of tools for exploratory analysis of tabular industrial datasets

Exploratory data analysis plays a major role in obtaining insights from data.Over the last two decades,researchers have proposed several visual data exploration tools that can assist with each step of the analysis process.Nevertheless,in recent years,data analysis requirements have changed significantly.With constantly increasing size and types of data to be analyzed,scalability and analysis duration are now among the primary concerns of researchers.Moreover,in order to minimize the analysis cost,businesses are in need of data analysis tools that can be used with limited analytical knowledge.To address these challenges,traditional data exploration tools have evolved within the last few years.In this paper,with an in-depth analysis of an industrial tabular dataset,we identify a set of additional exploratory requirements for large datasets.Later,we present a comprehensive survey of the recent advancements in the emerging field of exploratory data analysis.We investigate 50 academic and non-academic visual data exploration tools with respect to their utility in the six fundamental steps of the exploratory data analysis process.We also examine the extent to which these modern data exploration tools fulfill the additional requirements for analyzing large datasets.Finally,we identify and present a set of research opportunities in the field of visual exploratory data analysis.

IoTDQ: An Industrial IoT Data Analysis Library for Apache IoTDB

There is a growing demand for time series data analysis in industry areas.Apache loTDB is a time series database designed for the Internet of Things(loT)with enhanced storage and I/O performance.With User-Defined Functions(UDF)provided,computation for time series can be executed on Apache loTDB directly.To satisfy most of the common requirements in industrial time series analysis,we create a UDF library,loTDQ,on Apache loTDB.This library integrates stream computation functions on data quality analysis,data profiling,anomaly detection,data repairing,etc.loTDQ enables users to conduct a wide range of analyses,such as monitoring,error diagnosis,equipment reliability analysis.It provides a framework for users to examine loT time series with data quality problems.Experiments show that loTDQ keeps the same level of performance compared to mainstream alternatives,and shortens I/O consumption for Apache loTDB users.

One-Variable Attack on the Industrial Fault Classification System and Its Defense

Recently developed fault classification methods for industrial processes are mainly data-driven.Notably,models based on deep neural networks have significantly improved fault classification accuracy owing to the inclusion of a large number of data patterns.However,these data-driven models are vulnerable to adversarial attacks;thus,small perturbations on the samples can cause the models to provide incorrect fault predictions.Several recent studies have demonstrated the vulnerability of machine learning methods and the existence of adversarial samples.This paper proposes a black-box attack method with an extreme constraint for a safe-critical industrial fault classification system:Only one variable can be perturbed to craft adversarial samples.Moreover,to hide the adversarial samples in the visualization space,a Jacobian matrix is used to guide the perturbed variable selection,making the adversarial samples in the dimensional reduction space invisible to the human eye.Using the one-variable attack(OVA)method,we explore the vulnerability of industrial variables and fault types,which can help understand the geometric characteristics of fault classification systems.Based on the attack method,a corresponding adversarial training defense method is also proposed,which efficiently defends against an OVA and improves the prediction accuracy of the classifiers.In experiments,the proposed method was tested on two datasets from the Tennessee–Eastman process(TEP)and steel plates(SP).We explore the vulnerability and correlation within variables and faults and verify the effectiveness of OVAs and defenses for various classifiers and datasets.For industrial fault classification systems,the attack success rate of our method is close to(on TEP)or even higher than(on SP)the current most effective first-order white-box attack method,which requires perturbation of all variables.

Preliminary build and application of a data analysis platform for coiled tubing steel strips

To solve the problems in the quality control and improvement of coiled tubing steel strips production, such as scattered and inefficient production data, difficult performance fluctuation factor analysis, complex multivariate statistical analysis, and low accuracy and difficulty in mechanical property prediction, an industrial data analysis platform for coiled tubing steel strips production has been preliminarily developed.As the premise and foundation of analysis, industrial data collection, storage, and utilization are realized by using multiple big data technologies.With Django as the agile development framework, data visualization and comprehensive analyses are achieved.The platform has functions including overview survey, stability analysis, comprehensive analysis(such as exploratory data analysis, correlation analysis, and multivariate statistics),precise steel strength prediction, and skin-passing process recommendation.The platform is helpful for production overviewing and prompt responding, laying a foundation for an in-depth understanding of product characteristics and improving product performance stability.

Application of Industrial Internet Identifier in Optical Fiber Industrial Chain

The industrial Internet has germinated with the integration of the traditional industry and information technologies.An identifier is the identification of an object in the industrial Internet.The identifier technology is a method to validate the identification of an object and trace it.The identifier is a bridge to connect information islands in the industry,as well as the data basis for building a technology application ecosystem based on identifier resolution.We propose three practical applications and application scenarios of the industrial Internet identifier in this paper.Future applications of identifier resolution in the industrial Internet field are also presented.

ZTE Leads Data Card Industry with Impressive 366% Growth

ZTE Corporation announced on August 25,2009 that sales of its Data Card have topped 7 million in first half of 2009,representing an increase of 366% compared to the same period last year,the fastest growth amongst all

International Papers Contribution on Artificial Intelligence Promotes the Application and Development of Big Data in the Petroleum Industry

Artificial intelligence is a new technological science that researches and develops theories,methods,technologies and application systems for simulating,extending and expanding human intelligence.It simulates certain human thought processes and intelligent behaviors(such as learning,reasoning,thinking,planning,etc.),and produces a new type of intelligent machine that can respond in a similar way to human intelligence.In the past 30 years,it has achieved rapid development in various industries and related disciplines such as manufacturing,medical care,finance,and transportation.

Statistical data of Printing and Printing Equipment Industries and materials of China 2007

According to statistics of Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China (PEIAC), the total output value of printing industry of China in 2007 reached 440 billion RMB , the total output value of printing equipment was

Efficient and High-quality Recommendations via Momentum-incorporated Parallel Stochastic Gradient Descent-Based Learning

A recommender system(RS)relying on latent factor analysis usually adopts stochastic gradient descent(SGD)as its learning algorithm.However,owing to its serial mechanism,an SGD algorithm suffers from low efficiency and scalability when handling large-scale industrial problems.Aiming at addressing this issue,this study proposes a momentum-incorporated parallel stochastic gradient descent(MPSGD)algorithm,whose main idea is two-fold:a)implementing parallelization via a novel datasplitting strategy,and b)accelerating convergence rate by integrating momentum effects into its training process.With it,an MPSGD-based latent factor(MLF)model is achieved,which is capable of performing efficient and high-quality recommendations.Experimental results on four high-dimensional and sparse matrices generated by industrial RS indicate that owing to an MPSGD algorithm,an MLF model outperforms the existing state-of-the-art ones in both computational efficiency and scalability.

Anomaly Detection Based on Multi-Detector Fusion Used in Turbine

In order to improve the gas turbine engine health monitoring capability, using multiple detector fusion method in the monitoring system of gas turbine data monitor. Multi detector frame fusion includes point bias anomaly detector, contextual bias anomaly detector and collective bias anomaly detector, common to analyze the new arrival data, and the possible abnormal state to vote and weighted statistics as a result output. The experimental results show the method can effectively detect the mutation phenomenon, relatively slow changes and abnormal behavior discordant to the conditions. The framework applied to the gas turbine engine can effectively enhance the health diagnosis ability, will be highly applied for real industry.

Incremental QR-based tensor-train decomposition for industrial big data

Industrial big data was usually multi-source, heterogeneous, and deeply intertwined. It had a wide range of data sources, high data dimensions, and strong data correlation. In order to effectively analyze and process streaming industrial big data generated by edge computing, it was very important to provide an effective real-time incremental data method. However, in the process of incremental processing, industrial big data incremental computing faced the challenges of dimensional disaster, repeated calculations, and the explosion of intermediate results. Therefore, in order to solve the above problems effectively, a QR-based tensor-train(TT) decomposition(TTD) method and a QR-based incremental TTD(QRITTD) method were proposed. This algorithm combined the incremental QR-based decomposition algorithm with an approximate singular value decomposition(SVD) algorithm and had good scalability. In addition, the computational complexity, space complexity, and approximation error analysis were analyzed in detail. The effectiveness of the three algorithms of QRITTD, non-incremental TTD(NITTD), and TT rank-1(TTr1) SVD(TTr1 SVD)were verified by comparison. Experimental results show that the SVD QRITTD method has better performance under the premise of ensuring the same tensor size.

Development,application,and prospects for Chinese land observation satellites

The launching of CBERS-01(China Brazil Earth Resource Satellite)in 1999,China’s first land observation satellite,signifies an unprecedented milestone in Chinese satellite remote sensing history.Since then,a large number of applications have been developed that drew upon solely CBERS-01 and other Chinese land observation satellites.The application development evolves from one satellite to multiple satellites,from one series of satellites to multiple series,from scientific research to industrial applications.Six aspects of the Chinese land observation satellite program are discussed in this paper:development status,data sharing and distribution,satellite calibration,industrial data applications,future prospects,and conclusion.