Fault-Diagnosis Systems: An Introduction from Fault Detection to Fault Tolerance (Paperback)

Fundamentals.- Supervision and fault management of processes - tasks and terminology.- Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM).- Safety, Dependability and System Integrity.- Fault-Detection Methods.- Process Models and Fault Modelling.- Signal models.- Fault detection with limit checking.- Fault detection with signal models.- Fault detection with process-identification methods.- Fault detection with parity equations.- Fault detection with state observers and state estimation.- Fault detection of control loops.- Fault detection with Principal Component Analysis (PCA).- Comparison and combination of fault-detection methods.- Fault-Diagnosis Methods.- Diagnosis procedures and problems.- Fault diagnosis with classification methods.- Fault diagnosis with inference methods.- Fault-Tolerant Systems.- Fault-tolerant design.- Fault-tolerant components and control.- Application Examples.- Fault detection and diagnosis of DC motor drives.- Fault detection and diagnosis of a centrifugal pump-pipe-system.- Fault detection and diagnosis of an automotive suspension and the tire pressures.