A process fault estimation strategy for non-linear dynamic systems

Abstract

The paper deals with the problem of simultaneous state and process fault estimation for non-linear dynamic systems. Instead of estimating the fault directly, its product with state and the state itself are estimated. To derive the fault from the product, a simple algebraic approach is proposed. The estimation strategy is based on the quadratic boundedness approach. The final part of the paper presents an illustrative example concerning a laboratory multi-tank system. The real data experiments clearly exhibit the performance of the proposed approach.