Application of Artificial Neural Network for the Optimization in Biodiesel Production

The proposed project related to renewable energy field will be undertaken by Dr. He’s student, Xingyu Peng. She will have to conduct many experimentations to produce biodiesel from waste cooking oil under changes of operational conditions. After that, she will learn and figure out how to use an artificial neural network (ANN) software in order to find out an optimized operational condition in biodiesel production to obtain the maximum yield. The outcomes would be a great contribution to environmental sustainable development in Canada especially under the context of climate change and resource depletion.

Faculty Supervisor:

Quan He

Student:

Xingyu Peng

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

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University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Globalink Research Award