Prediction and optimization model of activated carbon double layer capacitors based on improved heuristic approach genetic algorithm neural network

Zhen Yang received the PhD degree from Information Science Institute, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, in 2009. Currently, she is an Associate Professor and works for the Department of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Special functional Polymer Materials and Their Related Technologies, Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology. In 2015, she joined as a Visiting Scholar in School of Materials Science and Engineering, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. Her principal research interests are in the areas of modeling and simulation of materials, especially in researching mechanical properties and performance of advanced materials and the relation to their microstructures.

Yun Lin is an MSc student in the Department of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Special functional Polymer Materials and Their Related Technologies, Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology.

Xingsheng Gu received the BS degree from Nanjing Institute of Chemical Technology, Nanjing, China, in 1982, MS and PhD degrees from East China University of Chemical Technology in 1988 and 1993, Shanghai, China, respectively. Currently, he is the Professor at the School of Information Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology. His research interests include planning and scheduling for process industry, modeling, control and optimization for industry processes, intelligent optimization and faults detection and diagnosis. He has published more than 100 papers on the related fields so far.

Xiaoyi Liang received the PhD degree from Chinese Academy of Science in 2001. Currently, he is a Professor and works for the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. His main research fields are the following: structure control of new porous carbonaceous functional materials and its basic and applied research in the fields of medicine, industry, environmental protection and new energy; and computational chemistry of carbon material. He has published more than 80 papers on the related fields so far.