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Automated generation of nonlinear system characterization for sensor failure detection

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OSTI ID:6720730
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 drifts 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 on an IBM PC, and is applied for sensor failure monitoring in a power plant and a process control industrial system. 5 refs., 5 figs.
Research Organization:
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-86NE37959
OSTI ID:
6720730
Report Number(s):
CONF-881208-1; ON: DE88008740
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English