Table 3 ACOFIS setup for predicting pressure and temperature in the same setup.

From: Pressure and temperature predictions of Al2O3/water nanofluid flow in a porous pipe for different nanoparticles volume fractions: combination of CFD and ACOFIS

 

ACOFIS for predicting pressure

ACOFIS for predicting temperature

CFD case study

Nanofluid turbulent flow in heated porous pipe

Nanofluid turbulent flow in heated porous pipe

AI method

Combination of ACO with FIS

Combination of ACO with FIS

Material of case study

Nanofluid (Al2O3)

Nanofluid (Al2O3)

Number of input in the best intelligence

3

3

Pheromone effect in the best intelligence (ACO parameter)

0.1

0.4

Changes in number of inputs was evaluated(FIS parameter)

2,3

3

Changes in pheromone effect was evaluated(ACO parameter)

0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6

0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6

The highest of correlation coefficient in testing process with 100% of data

0.994

0.968

P(%) percentage of used data in training process

77%

77%

Number of data

2 inputs (537) and 3 inputs (2685)

3 inputs (2685)

Number of iteration

115

115

Type of data clustering

FCM clustering

FCM clustering

Type of membership function

Guassmf

Guassmf

Number of MFs for each input

16

16

Number of rules (which is for hidden layer of FIS)

16

16

Number of membership functions (MFs) for output

16

16

ACOFIS input1

x-direction

x-direction

ACOFIS input2

y-direction

y-direction

ACOFIS input3

Nano particle Fraction = 0.5,0.8,1,1.5,2%

Nano particle Fraction = 0.5,0.8,1,1.5,2%

ACOFIS output

Pressure

Temperature