This paper has two immediate goals: Developing a simplified lumped parameters model that approximates the distributed parameters structure of steam superheaters; and developing a structure for fault detection and localization using actuators fault detection that can inform the operator about the faults following actuators blocking or changes in the burning process and heat transfer conditions. ...

Replication is widely used to improve fault tolerance in distributed and multi-agent systems. In this paper, we present a different point of view on replication in multi-agent systems. The approach we propose is based on role concept. We define a specific “fault tolerant role” which encapsulates all behaviors related to replication-based fault tolerance in this work. Our strategy is mainly focu...

Petri nets are useful for modelling a variety of asynchronous and concurrent systems, such as automated manufacturing, computer fault tolerant systems, and communication networks. This study employs an airbag inflator system as an example to demonstrate a Petri net approach to failure analysis. This paper uses Petri nets to study minimum cut sets finding, marking transfer, and dynamic behaviour...

This paper presents a fault detection method based on a classical transfer function parameter estimation algorithm in the discrete time domain. Non persistently exciting inputs plant an important problem for the convergence of the estimator. Here, the forgetting factor is adapted on-line in order to improve the convergence. Redundant discrete time transfer functions are used to improve the isol...

A feed forward neural network (FFNN) has been trained to discriminate between power transformer magnetizing inrush and fault currents. The training algorithm used was back-propagation, assuming initially a sigmoid transfer function for the network’s processing units (“neurons”). Once the network was trained the units’ transfer function was changed to hard limiters with thresholds equal to the b...

In this paper, an observer-based fault-tolerant control (FTC) method is proposed for a class of networked control systems (NCSs) with transfer delays. Markov chain is employed to characterize the transfer delays. Then, such kind of networked control systems are modelled as markovian jump systems. An observerbased FTC scheme using the delayed state information and the estimated fault value is pr...

Late Quaternary slip rates and satellite-based geodetic data for the western Great Basin constrain regional fault-slip distribution and evolution. The geologic slip rate on the Fish Lake Valley fault zone (the northwest extension of the Furnace Creek fault zone) increases northward from about 3 to 5 mm/yr, in agreement with modeled geodetic data. The increase coincides with the intersections of...

A hierarchical test generation approach for digital systems which uses register-transfer (RT) and gate level system descriptions is presented. The proposed test generator implements novel fault simulation and test generation approaches based on alternative graph models. A uniform fault model and uniform simulation and decision procedures are used at both levels. Experimental results showing the...

A new hazard analysis technique, called System-Theoretic Process Analysis, is capable of identifying potential hazardous design flaws, including software and system design errors and unsafe interactions among multiple system components. Detailed procedures for performing the hazard analysis were developed and the feasibility and utility of using it on complex systems was demonstrated by applyin...