... Fault analysis Eddy current testing Magnetic sensors The coal power stations utilise long lengths of pipe-work to transfer steam from the boiler to the turbine. Due to the high-temperature and high-pressure conditions under which these pipes are operating make them susceptible to cracks...

... enabling operational and maintenance decisions to be taken based on application‐specific criteria, without detailed knowledge of the sensor fault modes. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Sensors Fault analysis Fieldbus Over the last 12 years, Oxford University and the Foxboro Company have...

... and extended. A more recent work in this line of research is that of Frank and Ding (1994). The original idea of using the information already available in the “observer” part of a controller for diagnostic purposes was given in Nett et al. (1988). Control systems Fault analysis Feedback...