Fault diagnosis based on grey relational analysis and synergetic pattern recognition for aero-engine gas-path systems

Abstract

The gas-path system is an important sub-system in aero-engines. There are various indistinguishable faults in aero-engine gas-path systems. These faults are easily misjudged because the characteristic parameters are similar. Due to the many kinds of faults, current studies have poor accuracy in distinguishing similar faults. To improve fault diagnosis accuracy for gas-path systems, a fault diagnosis method based on grey relational analysis and synergetic pattern recognition is proposed. In the proposed method, grey relational analysis is used to initially distinguish the faults into different types and obtain similar fault types. Synergetic pattern recognition contributes to accurately diagnose faults which are difficult to recognize. A case study is used to verify the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed model. The results show that faults in common types of gas-path systems can be diagnosed accurately by the proposed method.