Comparative analysis of seven machine learning algorithms and five empirical models to estimate soil thermal conductivity

T Zhao, S Liu, J Xu, H He, D Wang, R Horton… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil thermal conductivity (λ) is an important thermal property that is crucial for surface energy
balance and water balance studies. 1602 measured soil thermal conductivity values …

A new empirical model for the estimation of soil thermal conductivity

J Ren, L Men, W Zhang, J Yang - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Soil thermal conductivity (λ) is an important thermal property which serves as an indicator for
the coupling of soil, water, heat, and solutes in a numerical model. The objective of this study …

Application of machine learning algorithms to model soil thermal diffusivity

K Li, R Horton, H He - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil thermal diffusivity (k) is an important thermal property that significantly affects ground
energy storage and heat transfer. Direct measurements of soil thermal diffusivity are …

Simulation of soil thermal conductivity based on different schemes: An empirical comparison of 13 models

W Liu, R Li, T Wu, X Shi, L Zhao, X Wu, G Hu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal conductivity is a key soil property widely used for agricultural production, land
surface processing research, and geothermal resource development, among others …

Prediction of soil thermal conductivity based on Intelligent computing model

C Wang, G Cai, X Liu, M Wu - Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Springer
Thermal conductivity is a basic characteristic of the heat conduction properties of subsoil.
Previous research shows that soil thermal conductivity has complex correlations with many …

Estimating the thermal conductivity of soils using six machine learning algorithms

KQ Li, Y Liu, Q Kang - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many machine learning algorithms have been applied to determine soil properties in recent
years. However, the prediction performances of thermal conductivity of soils via machine …

A modified normalized model for predicting effective soil thermal conductivity

H He, Y Zhao, MF Dyck, B Si, H Jin, J Lv, J Wang - Acta Geotechnica, 2017 - Springer
Effective soil thermal conductivity (λ eff) describes the ability of a multiphase soil to transmit
heat by conduction under unit temperature gradient. It is a critical parameter for …

A new model for predicting soil thermal conductivity for dry soils

Y Du, R Li, T Wu, C Yang, L Zhao, G Hu, Y Xiao… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil thermal conductivity (λ), describing the ability of transferring heat in the soil, plays an
important role in soil thermal behavior. The estimation of λ at dryness (λ dry) is essential for …

Artificial neural network for predicting the thermal conductivity of soils based on a systematic database

KQ Li, Q Kang, JY Nie, XW Huang - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal conductivity is a significant soil property that affects subsurface temperature
distribution and plays an essential role in geotechnical engineering. Accurate evaluation of …

A unified soil thermal conductivity model based on artificial neural network

N Zhang, H Zou, L Zhang, AJ Puppala, S Liu… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
An accurate prediction of thermal conductivity (k) of unsaturated soils is a challenging
problem in geothermal applications because k is affected by various factors such as soil …