Process fault detection using constraint suspension

Abstract

In the paper the authors describe two tools for use in an intelligent fault-detection system. The first tool is a method for fault localisation, called constraint suspension, which helps us find and identify the parts suspension, which helps us find and identify the parts of the process which are responsible for any inconsistencies in the measurements. The second tool gives us a flexible framework in which we can build a software model of the process in terms of hierarchies of component parts or objects, it is called object orientation. We use these tools to describe algorithms for automatic fault detection in a physical process plant. The algorithms are tested on a simulation of a liquid level control system.