Intelligent condition monitoring and fault diagnostic system for preventative maintenance
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1. A system for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of a machine comprising:
- a control system operably coupled to the machine having a hierarchical arrangement of controllers, each comprising a processor and a memory, the hierarchical arrangement of controllers configured to implement;
a data collection function that acquires time histories of selected variables for one or more machine components according to specified sampling parameters;
a preprocessing function that calculates specified characteristics of each of the time histories individually;
an analysis function for evaluating the specified characteristics of each of the individual time histories to produce one or more hypotheses of a condition of the one or more machine components; and
a reasoning function for determining the condition of the one or more machine components from the one or more hypotheses,wherein at least one of the functions resides in a higher level of the hierarchical arrangement of controllers such that condition monitoring and fault diagnosis data are used at a level where intelligence to process the data is present.
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Abstract
A system for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis includes a data collection function that acquires time histories of selected variables for one or more of the components, a pre-processing function that calculates specified characteristics of the time histories, an analysis function for evaluating the characteristics to produce one or more hypotheses of a condition of the one or more components, and a reasoning function for determining the condition of the one or more components from the one or more hypotheses.
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1. A system for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of a machine comprising:
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a control system operably coupled to the machine having a hierarchical arrangement of controllers, each comprising a processor and a memory, the hierarchical arrangement of controllers configured to implement; a data collection function that acquires time histories of selected variables for one or more machine components according to specified sampling parameters; a preprocessing function that calculates specified characteristics of each of the time histories individually; an analysis function for evaluating the specified characteristics of each of the individual time histories to produce one or more hypotheses of a condition of the one or more machine components; and a reasoning function for determining the condition of the one or more machine components from the one or more hypotheses, wherein at least one of the functions resides in a higher level of the hierarchical arrangement of controllers such that condition monitoring and fault diagnosis data are used at a level where intelligence to process the data is present. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of component condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of a machine comprising:
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operably coupling a control system to the machine, having a hierarchical arrangement of controllers, each controller comprising a processor and a memory; and configuring the controllers to; acquire time histories of selected variables for one or more machine components according to specified sampling parameters using a data collection function; calculate specified characteristics of each of the time histories individually using a preprocessing function; evaluate the specified characteristics of each of the individual time histories to produce one or more hypotheses of a condition of the one or more machine components using an analysis function; and determine the condition of the one or more machine components from the one or more hypotheses and utilize the determined condition of the one or more machine components to determine if preventative maintenance or service is required for the one or more machine components, using a reasoning function; the method further comprising implementing at least one of the functions in a higher level of the hierarchical arrangement of controllers such that condition monitoring and fault diagnosis data are used at a level where intelligence to process the data is present. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with a computer program for component condition monitoring and fault diagnosis, that when run on a computer, causes the computer to:
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implement a component condition monitoring and fault diagnosis for a machine comprising a hierarchical arrangement of controllers; and configure the controllers to; use a data collection function to acquire time histories of selected variables for one or more machine components according to specified sampling parameters; use a preprocessing function to calculate specified characteristics of each of the time histories individually; use an analysis function to evaluate the specified characteristics of each of the individual time histories to produce one or more hypotheses of a condition of the one or more machine components; and use a reasoning function to determine the condition of the one or more machine components from the one or more hypotheses and to utilize the determined condition of the one or more machine components to determine if preventative maintenance or service is required for the one or more machine components, wherein the computer program further causes the computer to implement at least one of the functions in a higher level of the hierarchical arrangement of controllers such that condition monitoring and fault diagnosis data are used at a level where intelligence to process the data is present. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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