Power Plant Surveillance and Diagnostics

by Ruan, Da; Fantoni, Paolo F.

• ISBN13: 9783540432470
• ISBN10: 3540432477
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This edited book is directed primarily to the discussion of the most recent developments and on-going research related to all areas pertaining to plant surveillance and diagnosis. The secondary aim of this book is to identify the successful applications of already well-settled methodological tools in the field. It will highlight advantages of intelligent systems, AI techniques, and integration of soft computing tools and traditional tools, for a better service in all aspects related to power plant surveillance and diagnostics. It also reports recent research results and provides a state of the art on AI in power plant surveillance and diagnostics. The book especially focuses on theoretical and analytical solutions to the problems of real interest in AI techniques, possibly combined with other traditional computing tools.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Robert E. Uhrig
Preface	ix
Da Ruan
Paolo F. Fantoni
Modern Approaches and Advanced Applications for Plant Surveillance and Diagnostics: An Overview	1	(30)
Da Ruan
Regulatory Treatment of On-line Surveillance and Diagnostic Systems	31	(10)
Robert E. Uhrig
Optimized Maintenance and Management of Ageing of Critical Equipment in Nuclear Power Plants	41	(10)
Hashem M. Hashemian
Overview of Recent KFKI AEKI Activities in the Field of Plant Surveillance and Diagnostics	51	(12)
Sandor Kiss
Sandor Lipcsei
Janos Vegh
Adaptive Model-Based Control of Non-linear Plants Using Soft Computing Techniques	63	(12)
Patricia Melin
Oscar Castillo
Bayesian Networks in Decision Support	75	(16)
Tomas O. Carlsson
Ronald Wennersten
Hidden Markov Model Based Transient Identification in NPPs	91	(16)
Kee-Choon Kwon
Expert System-Based Implementation of Failure Detection	107	(14)
Jung-Taek Kim
Kee-Choon Kwon
In-Koo Hwang
Dong-Young Lee
Jung-Woon Lee
Sang-Jeong Lee
Detection of Incipient Signal or Process Faults in a Co-Generation A Plant Using the Plant ECM System	121	(14)
William Nieman
Ralph Singer
On-Line Determination of the MTC (Moderator Temperature Coefficient) by Neutron Noise and Gamma-Thermometer Signals	135	(22)
Christophe Demaziere
Imre Pazsit
Detecting Impacting of BWR Instrument Tubes by Wavelet Analysis	157	(18)
Vasiliy Arzhanov
Imre Pazsit
Development of Advanced Core Noise Monitoring System for a Boiling Water Reactor	175	(18)
Michitsugu Mori
Shigeru Kanemoto
Mitsuhiro Enomoto
Shigeo Ebata
Diagnosis of Measuring Systems Using Cluster Analysis Applied to Hydrostatic Water Level Measurement	193	(16)
Anke Traichel
Veit Schneider
Wolfgang Kastner
Rainer Hampel
A Hybrid Fuzzy-Fractal Approach for Time Series Analysis and Prediction and Its Applications to Plant Monitoring	209	(12)
Oscar Castillo
Patricia Melin
Failure Detection Using a Fuzzy Neural Network with an Automatic Input Selection Algorithm	221	(22)
Man Gyun Na
Young Rok Sim
Kyung Ho Park
Belle R. Upadhyaya
Baofu Lu
Ke Zhao
Artificial Neural Networks Modeling as a Diagnostic and Decision Making Tool	243	(10)
Zvi Boger
A New Approach for Transient Identification with ``Don't Know'' Response Using Neural Networks	253	(20)
Antonio C. de A. Mol
Aquilino S. Martinez
Roberto Schirru
Planning Surveillance Test Policies through Genetic Algorithms	273	(14)
Celso M.F. Lapa
Claudio M.N.A. Pereira
P.F. Frutuoso e Melo
A Possibilistic Approach for Transient Identification with ``Don't Know'' Response Capability Optimized by Genetic Algorithm	287	(12)
Jose Carlos S. de Almeida
Roberto Schirru
Claudio M.N.A. Pereira
Regularization of Ill-Posed Surveillance and Diagnostic Measurements	299	(20)
Andrei V. Gribok
J. Wesley Hines
Aleksey Urmanov
Robert E. Uhrig
Application of Neuro-Fuzzy Logic for Early Detection and Diagnostics in Gas Plants and Combustion Chambers at ENEA	319	(16)
Massimo Sepielli
P. Carmelo Incalcaterra
Massimo Presaghi
Paolo F. Fantoni
Davide Roverso
ALADDIN: Event Recognition & Fault Diagnosis for Process & Machine Condition Monitoring	335	(20)
Davide Roverso
PEANO and On-Line Monitoring Techniques for Calibration Reduction of Process Instrumentation in Power Plants	355	(22)
Paolo F. Fantoni
Index	377