{"id":3575,"date":"2025-11-25T11:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuraldesigner.com\/solution\/gas-emission-reduction\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T12:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:06:44","slug":"gas-emission-reduction","status":"publish","type":"solution","link":"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/solutions\/gas-emission-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas emissions reduction using machine learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reducing gas emissions is one of the key issues industrial companies must address nowadays, both due to ethical necessity and new legal frameworks regulating pollution levels.<\/p>\n<p>It is often difficult to determine how to reduce these emissions, usually relying on trial and error.<\/p>\n<p>A machine learning model can help identify the actions to take to reduce the atmospheric pollution generated by an installation.<\/p>\n<section>This approach promises cost savings because it enables factories to anticipate the impact of changes in their control variables on gas emissions beforehand.<\/p>\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#Objectives\">Objectives<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Benefits\">Benefits<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Approach\">Approach<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Conclusions\">Conclusions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- Definition --><\/p>\n<section id=\"Objectives\">\n<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n<p>Gas emissions reduction attempts to model atmospheric pollution, allowing for an understanding of its dependency on control variables.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 483px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/gas-emissions-figure.svg\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The challenge is to get information on variables that can be easily controlled without decreasing the factories&#8217; profit.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- Benefits --><\/p>\n<section id=\"Benefits\">\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>It enables making optimal adjustments to the factories&#8217; control variables to minimize gas emissions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/trending_down.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>REDUCE DOWNTIME<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/search.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>LOWER COSTS<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/pollution.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>REDUCE GAS EMISSIONS<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- Approach --><\/p>\n<section id=\"Approach\">\n<h2>Approach<\/h2>\n<p>The way to reduce gas emissions is to create an approximation model that considers input variables related to our target and estimates the latter.<\/p>\n<p>Neural networks can model the correct values of the target variable to know its dependency.<\/p>\n<p>That saves costs and time on decision-making and reduces a factory&#8217;s emissions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"DataSet\">\n<h2>Data set<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/data-set\">data set<\/a> contains measurements from our system or process.<\/p>\n<p>It comprises state, control, and performance\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/data-set#Variables\">variables<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 482px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/data-set-figure.svg\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>State variables<\/b> are those\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/data-set#InputVariables\">inputs<\/a>\u00a0that determine the system&#8217;s performance and are not actionable by the company&#8217;s technicians.<\/p>\n<p>Some examples of state variables are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ambient temperature in a combined cycle power plant.<\/li>\n<li>The humidity in a turbine room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Control variables<\/b> are those\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/data-set#InputVariables\">inputs<\/a> that determine the system&#8217;s performance and can be adjusted by the company&#8217;s technicians.<\/p>\n<p>Two examples of control variables are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The power production in a power plant.<\/li>\n<li>The combustion airflow in a furnace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Performance variables<\/b> are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/tutorials\/data-set#TargetVariables\">outputs<\/a>\u00a0of the system and depend on the state and the control variables.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"Mathematical expression\">\n<h2>Mathematical model<\/h2>\n<p>The model of a process is a mathematical description that adequately predicts the physical system&#8217;s response to all anticipated inputs.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, it relates the performance variables to the state and control variables.<\/p>\n<p>$$<br \/>\nperformance_variables = function(state_variables, control_variables)<br \/>\n$$<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/learning\/neural-networks-tutorial\">Neural networks<\/a>\u00a0are algorithms used to fit multi-dimensional and non-linear functions from data sets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/performance-optimization-neural-network.webp\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The inputs to the neural network include the state and control variables. The outputs from the neural network are the predicted performance variables of the system for that scenario.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"ResponseOptimization\">\n<h2>Response optimization<\/h2>\n<p>The objective of the response optimization algorithm is to utilize the mathematical model to identify optimal operating conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the predictive model enables us to simulate various operating scenarios and adjust the control variables to enhance efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, performance optimization can be formulated as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid; text-align: center;\"><b>For a given set of states, determine the controls that minimize or maximize the performance variables.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The following figure illustrates the response optimization process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\/images\/response-optimization.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we can see, for a given state value, <b>s<\/b>, the control value, <b>c*<\/b>, minimizes the gas emissions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- Conclusions --><\/p>\n<section id=\"Conclusions\">\n<h2>Conclusions<\/h2>\n<p>Reducing gas emissions allows companies to save money and time.<\/p>\n<p>Since measurement taking becomes a software issue, it can improve planning and decision-making.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuraldesigner.com\">Neural Designer<\/a> utilizes machine learning to construct predictive models that encompass a wide range of variables related to gas emissions reduction.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>Related posts<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2134,"template":"","categories":[35],"tags":[46,43],"class_list":["post-3575","solution","type-solution","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","tag-environment","tag-industry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gas 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