Pulp Particle Classification Based on Optical Fiber Analysis and Machine Learning TechniquesShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Fibers, E-ISSN 2079-6439, Vol. 12, no 1, article id 2Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In the pulp and paper industry, pulp testing is typically a labor-intensive process performed on hand-made laboratory sheets. Online quality control by automated image analysis and machine learning (ML) could provide a consistent, fast and cost-efficient alternative. In this study, four different supervised ML techniques—Lasso regression, support vector machine (SVM), feed-forward neural networks (FFNN), and recurrent neural networks (RNN)—were applied to fiber data obtained from fiber suspension micrographs analyzed by two separate image analysis software. With the built-in software of a commercial fiber analyzer optimized for speed, the maximum accuracy of 81% was achieved using the FFNN algorithm with Yeo–Johnson preprocessing. With an in-house algorithm adapted for ML by an extended set of particle attributes, a maximum accuracy of 96% was achieved with Lasso regression. A parameter capturing the average intensity of the particle in the micrograph, only available from the latter software, has a particularly strong predictive capability. The high accuracy and sensitivity of the ML results indicate that such a strategy could be very useful for quality control of fiber dispersions.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI AG , 2024. Vol. 12, no 1, article id 2
Keywords [en]
image analysis, machine learning, online quality control, particle classification
National Category
Software Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-343202DOI: 10.3390/fib12010002ISI: 001149343800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85183380771OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-343202DiVA, id: diva2:1836104
Note
QC 20240209
2024-02-082024-02-082024-07-24Bibliographically approved