Diagnostics and Fault Tolerance in DC–DC Converters and Related Industrial Electronics Technologies

Precision medicine, technologies, and molecular diagnostics

Introduction: Genetics, cellular and molecular medicines are cutting-edge sciences and technologies that play an important role in improving human health and quality of life. In addition, medical and biological sciences have clearly shown that the onset of diseases differs from person to person due to their different genetic profiles and variations in molecular basis. Therefore, it is feasible ...

Incorporating Fault Tolerance in Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs)

The reliability of ADCs used in highly critical systems can be increased by applying a two-step procedure starting with sensitivity analysis followed by redesign. The sensitivity analysis is used to identify the most sensitive blocks which could then be redesigned for better reliability by incorporating fault tolerance. This paper illustrates the steps involved in incorporating fault tolerance ...

Special Issue on Real-Time Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control, IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics

With ongoing efforts to make the power grid smarter, there is a large emphasis on the automation and data analytics. Substation automation is a key enabling technology for online monitoring, diagnosis and prediction for the health condition of the substation assets. Circuit breakers (CB) are one of the most vital components in a substation for tripping action required during the fault occurrenc...

Progress on Membrane Distillation and Related Technologies

Ant-based Search Strategy for Industrial Multiple-fault Diagnostics

− A swarm-intelligence solution to industrial problems of automatic multiple-faults diagnostics is proposed. In particular, drawbacks of swarm-based algorithms in heuristic search strategy related to the mutual dependence of solutions are overcome by a likelihood-based trail intensity modification of ant-colony optimization. Experimental results of comparison tests with an evolutionary state-of...