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Annual Report for NERI Proposal No.2000-0109 on Forewarning of Failure in Critical Equipment at Next-Generation Nuclear Power Plants

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/814382· OSTI ID:814382
This annual report describes the first year's accomplishments under the NERI2000-109 project. We present a model-independent approach to quantify changes in the nonlinear dynamics underlying time-serial data. From time-windowed data sets, we construct discrete distribution functions on the phase space. Condition change between base case and test case distribution functions is assessed by dissimilarity measures via L{sub 1}-distance and {chi}{sup 2} statistic. The discriminating power of these measures is first tested on noiseless model data, and then applied for detecting dynamical change in power from a motor-pump system. We compare the phase-space dissimilarities with traditional linear and nonlinear measures used in the analysis of chaotic systems. We also assess the potential usefulness of the new measures for robust, accurate, and timely forewarning of equipment failure.
Research Organization:
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
814382
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-2001/195
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English