Flexible direct current (DC) transmission network technology is an effective method for large capacity clean energy access to power grids, but the DC short-circuit fault detection for it is a difficult problem. In this paper, the pole-to-ground fault transient characteristics in a multi-terminal DC power grid, based on overhead transmission lines and DC circuit breakers, are analyzed firstly. T...

Dynamic trend analysis is an important technique for fault detection and diagnosis. Trend analysis involves hierarchical representation of signal trends, extraction of the trends, and their comparison (estimation of similarity) to infer the state of the process. In this paper, an overview of some of the existing methods for trend extraction and similarity estimation is presented. A novel interv...

This paper proposes a new scheme of induction motor parameter estimation using Genetic algorithm (GA) for condition monitoring. The flux linkage model and torque model of an induction motor is adapted to the estimation. The scheme is developed to obtain all the motor parameters: stator and rotor resistance, stator and rotor leaking reactance and magnetizing reactance, which paves the way to dia...

A flatness-based approach to fault tolerant control is proposed. The approach uses the recently published algebraic derivative estimation method for the estimation of those output derivatives that are necessary for determining intermittent actuator faults. The rapid performance of the estimation allows for an accommodation of the control to the fault. Additionally, taking into account the contr...

This paper addresses the robust fault detection and estimation problem of nonlinear descriptor system with unknown inputs observers. The considered nonlinear descriptor system is transformed into an equivalent multi-models form by using the Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) approach. Two cases are considered: the first one deals with the multi-models with measurable decision variables and the second one assu...

One of the worst types of fault that a power system should be designed to withstand is a short circuit. Within the various types of fault current limiters, the superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) has an extremely fast current limitation. The rapid switching action and the self-sensing nature of the superconductor make SFCLs particularly attractive in fault protection. This very fast ti...

This article presents a model-based fault diagnosis method to detect and isolate faults in the robot arm control system. The proposed algorithm is composed functionally of three main parts: parameter estimation, fault detection, and isolation. When a change in the system occurs, the errors between the system output and the estimated output cross a predetermined threshold, and once a fault in th...