An ultrafast and high accuracy calculation method for gas radiation characteristics using artificial neural network

• Published in: Infrared physics & technology 2020-08, Vol.108, p.103347, Article 103347
• Main Authors: Cui, Juntao, Zhang, Jianqi, Dong, Cunquan, Liu, Delian, Huang, Xi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Line by line method; Neural network; Radiation modeling; Spectrum Simulation; Transmittance
• ISSN: 1350-4495; 1879-0275
• DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2020.103347

•The BPNN method has a high spectral resolution and high accuracy.•The BPNN method is suitable for all kinds of gas molecules supported by spectral database.•Once the training process is complete, the computational speed of BPNN is very fast.•Compared to the LUT method, the BPNN method occupies much less storage space. In this work, a new approach to efficient gas radiation characteristics calculating is proposed to satisfy the demand for high accuracy and efficient calculation in many applications. This approach establishes a mapping relationship between gas condition parameters and radiation characteristics using a back-propagation neural network (BPNN). The line by line (LBL) model is utilized for the generation of training samples in the BPNN model. The values of pressure, temperature and component concentration are taken as input, and absorption coefficient values are taken as output. A case study of CO2 transmittance at 2250–2350 cm− 1 band is presented. The comparison and analysis of the results indicated that the BPNN model has a high accuracy of LBL fitting and is insensitive to the input. Although the training time of BPNN is long, once the training is completed, the computational efficiency is very high. Compared to the look-up table method or other accelerated methods using parameter pre-calculation, the BPNN method occupies much less storage space. It can replace the LBL model to a certain extent when dealing with the needs of high precision and high-speed computing.