Nonlinear neural network fault detection system and method
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1. A fault detection system for detecting faults in a turbine engine, the fault detection system comprising:
- an encoding neural network, the encoding neural network receiving sensor data from the turbine engine, the encoding neural network creating plurality of scores from the sensor data, the plurality of scores comprising a reduced feature space representation of the sensor data; and
a decoding neural network, the decoding neural network receiving the plurality of scores and creating a reconstructed estimate of the sensor data.
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Abstract
A system and method for fault detection is provided. The fault detection system provides the ability to detect symptoms of fault in turbine engines and other mechanical systems that have nonlinear relationships. The fault detection system uses a neural network to perform a data representation and feature extraction where the extracted features are analogous to principal components derived in a principal component analysis. This neural network data representation analysis can then be used to determine the likelihood of a fault in the system.
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21 Claims
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1. A fault detection system for detecting faults in a turbine engine, the fault detection system comprising:
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an encoding neural network, the encoding neural network receiving sensor data from the turbine engine, the encoding neural network creating plurality of scores from the sensor data, the plurality of scores comprising a reduced feature space representation of the sensor data; and
a decoding neural network, the decoding neural network receiving the plurality of scores and creating a reconstructed estimate of the sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of training an encoding neural network for fault detection in a system, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an objective function, the objective function including variance components and covariance components of scores;
providing a set of historical sensor data as input to the encoding neural network; and
optimizing weight assignments in the encoding neural network to maximize the variance components and minimize the covariance components of scores obtained using the set of historical sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A program product comprising:
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a) a fault detection program, the fault detection program including;
an encoding neural network, the encoding neural network receiving sensor data from a turbine engine, the encoding neural network creating plurality of scores from the sensor data, the plurality of scores comprising a reduced feature space representation of the sensor data; and
a decoding neural network, the decoding neural network receiving the plurality of scores and creating a reconstructed estimate of the sensor data; and
b) computer-readable signal bearing media bearing said program.
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