Applications of fault detection and diagnosis methods in nuclear power plants: A review

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-266

  Ma, Jianping ^a   Jiang, Jin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fault detection; Fault diagnosis; Nuclear power plant

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MONITORING; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

DATA-DRIVEN METHODS; EQUIPMENT MONITORING; FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS; FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS METHODS; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; NUCLEAR-POWER INDUSTRY; RELIABILITY REQUIREMENTS; TRANSIENT IDENTIFICATION;

FAULT DETECTION;

EID: 79751524232     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2010.12.001     Document Type: Review

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