Title :
Concept for combining features of real-time and expert systems for on-line plant diagnosis
Author :
Kern, Heinrich ; Fathi-Torbaghan, Madjid
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Mater. Technol., Dortmund Univ., West Germany
Abstract :
A description is presented of an AI implementation in an industrial power plant: malfunction diagnosis based on the evaluation of plant performance. It is intended to support the development and maintenance of a knowledge-based real-time control system. The features of a programming tool which combines characteristics of expert systems and real-time supervision systems are explained. The system is used for online diagnosis of a plant. The real-time properties are achieved by dividing data processing into several processing units which are computed in parallel. Since plant diagnosis differs from most expert system applications, the expert system part has been developed with regard to this. A prototype of this system has been implemented for the domain of thermal spraying
Keywords :
expert systems; power station computer control; real-time systems; artificial intelligence implementation; expert systems; industrial power plant; knowledge-based real-time control system; malfunction diagnosis; on-line plant diagnosis; online diagnosis; programming tool; prototype; real time systems; thermal spraying; Artificial intelligence; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Data processing; Diagnostic expert systems; Electrical equipment industry; Expert systems; Power generation; Real time systems; Thermal spraying;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1990. Conference Proceedings., Ninth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2030-7
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1990.101701
