Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for Natural Gas Identification with Mixed Potential Electrochemical Sensor Arrays

Abstract

Mixed-potential electrochemical sensor arrays consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO), La0.87Sr0.13CrO3, Au, and Pt electrodes can detect the leaks from natural gas infrastructure. Algorithms are needed to correctly identify natural gas sources from background natural and anthropogenic sources such as wetlands or agriculture. We report for the first time a comparison of several machine learning methods for mixture identification in the context of natural gas emissions monitoring by mixed potential sensor arrays. Random forest, artificial neural network, and nearest neighbor methods successfully classified air mixtures containing only CH4, two types of natural gas simulants, and CH4 + NH3 with > 98% identification accuracy. The model complexity of these methods were optimized and the degree of robustness against overfitting was determined. Finally, these methods are benchmarked on both desktop PC and single-board computer hardware to simulate their application in a portable internet-of-things sensor package context. The combined results show that the random forest method is the preferred method for mixture identification with its high accuracy (>98%), robustness against overfitting with increasing model complexity, and < 0.1 ms training time and < 10 ms inference time on single-board computer hardware.

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