Hybrid expert system: neural-network methodology for nuclear plant monitoring and diagnostics

Author(s):  
Lefteri H. Tsoukalas ◽  
J. Reyes-Jimenez
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Trovato ◽  
Robert A. Touchton

Abstract The timely recognition and accurate classification of emergency situations is an important task for nuclear plant operators. The Reactor Emergency Action Level Monitor (REALM) expert system was developed to provide advice to operators during emergency situations. A technique for filtering plant sensor data was developed for REALM and is broadly applicable to power plant monitoring tasks. Innovative computer architecture and verification and validation methods were developed during a research program to implement REALM at Con Edison’s Indian Point 2 nuclear plant.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Adhi Kusnadi ◽  
Idul Putra

Stress will definitely be experienced by every human being and the level of stress experienced by each individual is different. Stress experienced by students certainly will disturb their study if it is not handled quickly and appropriately. Therefore we have created an expert system using a neural network backpropagation algorithm to help counselors to predict the stress level of students. The network structure of the experiment consists of 26 input nodes, 5 hidden nodes, and 2 the output nodes, learning rate of 0.1, momentum of 0.1, and epoch of 5000, with a 100% accuracy rate. Index Terms - Stress on study, expert system, neural network, Stress Prediction


Author(s):  
Д.О. Пушкарёв

Рассматривается применение нейросетевых экспертных систем в области контроля, диагностики и прогнозирования технического состояния авиационных ГТД на основе нечеткой логики. Показана методика для решения таких задач в области технической эксплуатации авиационной техники совместно с использованием фаззи-интерференсной системы программы MATLAB. Используя статистические данные о работе двигателя формируется экспертная система на основе нейронной сети позволяющая осуществлять контроль и диагностику ГТД, а также прогнозировать дальнейшее техническое состояния анализируемого двигателя. The application of neural network expert systems in the field of monitoring, diagnostics and forecasting of the technical condition of aviation gas turbine engines based on fuzzy logic is considered. The technique for solving such problems in the field of technical operation of aircraft and using the fuzzy-interference system of the MATLAB program is shown. Using statistical data on the operation of the engine, an expert system is based on the fundamental of a neural network that provide monitoring and diagnostics of gas turbine engines, as well as predicting the further technical condition of the analyzed engine.


Author(s):  
Siyu Zhang ◽  
R. Ganesan ◽  
T. S. Sankar

Abstract The problem of estimating an unknown multivariate function from on-line vibration measurements, for determining the conditions of a machine system and for estimating its service life is considered. This problem is formulated into a multiple-index based trend analysis problem and the corresponding indices for trend analysis are extracted from the on-line vibration data. Selection of these indices is based on the simultaneous consideration of commonly-observed faults or malfunctions in the machine system being monitored. A neural network algorithm that has been developed by the present authors for multiple-index based regression is adapted to perform the trend analysis of a machine system. Applications of this neural network algorithm to the condition monitoring and life estimation of both a bearing system as well as a gearbox are fully demonstrated. The efficiency and computational supremacy of the new algorithm are established through comparing with the performance of Self-Organizing Mapping (SOM) and Constrained Topological Mapping (CTM) algorithms. Further, the usefulness of multiple-index based trend analysis in precisely predicting the condition and service life of a machine system is clearly demonstrated. Using on-line vibration signal to constitute the set of variables for trend analysis, and employing the newly-developed self-organizing neural algorithm for performing the trend analysis, a new approach is developed for machinery monitoring and diagnostics.


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