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Abstract. Hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixture is a major building material in paving
engineering. To decrease energy consumption in HMA, a prediction model of energy
consumption was investigated systematically in this paper, employing kernel principal
component analysis (KPCA) and a support vector machine (SVM). The purpose of the
work is to optimize production and structure parameters of an HMA plant. A
prediction model of energy consumption cannot only be used for understanding but
can also be used to develop new asphalt mixing plants and to achieve optimization.
The main relationships between energy consumption and production parameters are
studied in some field tests. To build a multi-parameter model of energy consumption,
eigenvectors of many factors are optimized employing KPCA. The three kernel
principal components of higher contribution rates are chosen. A prediction model of
energy consumption is built using KPCA and SVM. Energy consumption of aggregate
drying is predicted using the constructed model. The prediction model is optimized by
particle swarm optimization (PSO). Influence coefficients of energy consumption are
obtained by SVM and piecewise least-squares regression (PLSR) and are found to be
consistent with test results. There is about a 5% error in energy consumption between
the model prediction and the test. The prediction error can meet engineering
requirements in the hot mix asphalt mixing plant.
1. Introduction
The rapid development of highway construction has spurred an increasing demand for hot mix asphalt
(HMA) mixture [1,2]. The discharge temperature of hot mix asphalt mixture is 170°C–180°C.
Therefore, the production of hot mix asphalt consumes significant amounts of energy [3,4].
Considering current Chinese asphalt production, the annual fuel consumption of a hot mix asphalt
plant is equivalent to about 1.2 million tons of diesel oil [4]. Energy consumption has become an
important issue for HMA [5], and it is important to reduce it. Many factors with complex
interrelationships influence energy consumption in HMA. Some researchers have investigated the
influence of asphalt mixture temperature on properties of materials. A prediction model of energy
consumption was developed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). However, some important
factors have been neglected in the prediction model of energy consumption. Others have mainly
evaluated the combustion state, conducted aerodynamic simulations and structural optimizations of
burners, and performed fluid-solid coupling simulations of dry cylinders in the process of HMA. For
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ϕ ( x j )ϕ ( x j )
1 n
∑
T
C= (1)
n i =1
and C can be decomposed into formulas (2) and (3):
λV = CV (2)
n
V = ∑ α iϕ ( xi ) (3)
i =1
V is the feature vector of characteristic value λ. Formula (4) can be described by formulas (1), (2). and
(3):
( )(
α i ∑ ϕ ( xk ) ϕ ( x j ) ϕ ( x j ) ϕ ( xi ) )
n
1 n n
λ ∑ α i (ϕ ( xk ) ϕ ( xi ) ) = ∑ (4)
=i 1 n i 1 =j 1
=
K = ϕ ( x j ) ϕ ( xi ) (5)
− x− y 2
K ( x, y ) =
exp (7)
2σ 2
The parameter σ has a significant impact on KPCA in formula (7). Define a class k data sample x i1 ,
x i2 , …x in (i=1,2, …k)xi1 , xi2 , … , xini (i = 1,2, … , k). A low-dimensional kernel principal component
can be obtained as y i1 , y i2 , …y in (i=1,2, …k) xi1 , xi2 , … , xini (i = 1,2, … , k) . yi1 , yi2 , … , yini .
Within-class distance c σcσ and distance between classes d σdσ can be obtained as
1 ni
k
=cσ ∑n ∑
=i 1 =
yis − yi (8)
i s 1
=dσ ∑
1≤i ≤ j ≤ k
yi − y j (9)
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d
F (σ ) = max σ (10)
cσ
where K is the kernel function. The radial basis function is taken as the kernel function.
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To find which kernel function is suitable for the model in the present paper, the RBF radial basis,
multilayer preceptor, and polynomial kernel function are used employing KPCA separately. The RBF
radial basis is expressed as formula(13).
{
K ( x − xc )= exp − x − xc
2
( 2σ )}
2 (13)
𝑥𝑐 is kernel function center, σis the width of a kernel function. Cumulative contribution rates for
each principal component are calculated using formula (14). The threshold of cumulative contribution
rates is set to 87%; the contribution rate λ i for each kernel principal component is calculated using
formula (1),
k n
Ck = ∑ λi ∑λ i
(14)
=i 1 =i 1
where C k is the cumulative contribution rate of the top k kernel principal components. The kernel
function will affect the result of the kernel principal component analysis. Cumulative contribution
rates for the principal components of the various kernel functions are shown in Figure 3. The figure
shows that for the multilayer preceptor kernel function (MPK), polynomial kernel function (PKF), and
RBF cumulative contributions of the first three principal components are 80%, 85%, and 89%,
respectively, and the RBF is thus the most suitable. The σ in the RBF function will affect the
cumulative contribution rate of the kernel principal component analysis. This paper uses the RBF for
KPCA of different parameters σ. Results are shown in Figure (4). The value of σ in formula (10) was
optimized by particle swarm optimization (PSO). When σ = 1.7 or 2.1, the cumulative contribution
rate of the first three principal components is 89%. After the data are reduced from six dimensions to
three dimensions, the KPCA still retains many features from the original data.
Figure 4.Cumulative contributions of principal components for different radial basis functions
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equation 4. ζ denotes the insensitive loss parameters of the SVM model [18,19,20]. We see that ζ, γ,
and σ12 affect the simulation results of the SVM [21,22]. To obtain the appropriate model parameters,
a parameter optimization model of the SVM is constructed based on particle swarm optimization
[23,24,25]. The optimal combination of parameters of the SVM model is obtained by performing a
regional search many times, achieving better prediction performance of the SVM model. The
parameters of the SVM model are γ=25, σ 1 2=0.215γ = 25, σ12 = 0.215 and ξ=0.021ξ = 0.021.
Results of measured and predicted fuel consumption with parameter optimization are shown in Figure
6. The error rate is almost within ±5% , and the error rate of the predicted fuel consumption has been
reduced appreciably. The prediction error is mainly due to changes in oil quality and other
unmonitored variables. Future research must consider as many factors as possible, such as changes in
the aggregate moisture content and the structure of the curtain blade. Meanwhile, a change in the
operation state of asphalt mixing equipment will lead to greater fluctuations in fuel consumption. The
training data are limited and cannot cover all conditions, leading inevitably to prediction error.
Figure 6. Comparison of measured and predicted fuel consumption for optimization of SVM model
5.Conclusions
The present paper has analyzed various factors affecting fuel consumption in aggregate drying, which
were measured. Based on KPCA, the main features affecting energy consumption were obtained.
Using the first three principal component variables, an SVM model was built to predict energy
consumption. The energy consumption model was then parametrically optimized. The relationship
between selected factors and energy consumption was studied employing KPCA sensitivity and partial
least-squares regression. Results show that production, the temperature of the finished aggregate has
the greatest influence on energy consumption. With the increase of aggregate temperature, the energy
consumption is gradually increased. The flue gas temperature, production, and aggregate moisture
content have a certain influence on the energy consumption, and the energy consumption increases
with the increase of these factors. Drum pressure and airflow have positive or negative effects on
energy consumption. The roller pressure and air flow have the best value in different production
conditions. Controlled airflow and drum pressure are very important to energy savings. The difference
between measured and predicted fuel consumptions was about ±5%, which meets the required
prediction accuracy. The results have important implications for hot mix asphalt mixing process in
terms of energy savings.
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Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported by the Major Project Foundation of Science and Technology in
Fujian Province (2016H6013). This work was financially supported by the Pilot Project of Fujian
Province (2018H0021). This work was financially supported by the Subsidized Project for Cultivating
Postgraduates’ Innovative Ability in Scientific Research of Huaqiao University (17013080055).
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