Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Development of an expert system for signal validation

Conference · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)
OSTI ID:5580660
Diagnosis of malfunctions in power plants has traditionally been in the domain of the process operator, who relies on training, experience, and reasoning ability to diagnose faults. The authors describe a method of signal validation using expert system technology, which detects possible anomalies in an instrument channel's output, similar to the procedure used by an operator. The system can be used to scan quickly over an array of sensor outputs and flag those that are observed to have possible anomalies. This system, when implemented in an operating power plant, could be used for continuous, on-line instrument anomaly detection with a minimum of computational effort.
OSTI ID:
5580660
Report Number(s):
CONF-881011--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 57
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English