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

Automated generation of nonlinear system characterization for sensor failure detection

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6219251
Independent estimation of critical signals is required for use in consistency checking of instrument outputs and for isolating common-mode failures. When measurement redundancy is not available, this method can be used for monitoring sensor degradation or sensor drift by on-line prediction of the sensor output. A methodology is developed to characterize a given critical signal as a function of other related variables in a process by a nonlinear minimum-term model. This steady-state characterization is fully automated and implemented in a VAX workstation and is applied for sensor failure monitoring in a power plant. 5 refs., 4 figs.
Research Organization:
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-86NE37959
OSTI ID:
6219251
Report Number(s):
DOE/NE/37959-27; CONF-8904207-1; ON: DE89011497
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English