Prognosis of failure precursor in complex electrical systems using symbolic dynamics

Ravindra Patankar, Venkatesh Rajagopalan, Devendra Tolani, Asok Ray, Michael Begin

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Abstract

Failures in a plant's electrical components are a major source of performance degradation and plant unavailability, In order to detect and monitor failure precursors and anomalies early in electrical systems, we have developed signal processing capabilities that can detect and map patterns in already existing and available signals to an anomaly measure. Toward this end, the language measure theory based on real analysis, finite state automaton, symbolic dynamics and information theory has been deployed. Application of this theory for electronic circuit failure precursor detection resulted in a robust statistical pattern recognition technique. This technique was observed to be superior to conventional pattern recognition techniques such as neural networks and principal component analysis for anomaly detection because it exploits a common physical fact underling most anomalies which conventional techniques do not. Symbolic dynamic technique resulted in a monotonically increasing smooth anomaly plot which was experimentally repeatable to a remarkable accuracy. For the Van der Pol oscillator circuit board experiment, this lead to consistently accurate predictions for the anomaly parameter and its range.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, ACC
Pages1846-1851
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event2007 American Control Conference, ACC - New York, NY, United States
Duration: Jul 9 2007Jul 13 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of the American Control Conference
ISSN (Print)0743-1619

Other

Other2007 American Control Conference, ACC
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York, NY
Period7/9/077/13/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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