<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents a mechanism for the detection and localization of faults in a plant, which is equipped with two coupled tanks, using residual methods. The water circuit consists of the upper and lower tanks connected through a system of pipes and valves. The controlled variable is the level in the upper tank. The level control system and the faults detection structure were developed under Matlab Simulink. The faults detection structure allows us to detect two faults that can occur in the plant, separately. The proposed method was theoretically developed and experimentally verified on the plant model.</p></abstract>

This paper presents a mechanism for the detection and localization of faults in a plant, which is equipped with two coupled tanks, using residual methods. The water circuit consists of the upper and lower tanks connected through a system of pipes and valves. The controlled variable is the level in the upper tank. The level control system and the faults detection structure were developed under Matlab Simulink. The faults detection structure allows us to detect two faults that can occur in the plant, separately. The proposed method was theoretically developed and experimentally verified on the plant model.

Faults Detection And Level Control In Coupled Tanks

Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics/Department of Automation and Electronics, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Technical Series

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This paper presents a mechanism for the detection and localization of faults in a plant, which is equipped with two coupled tanks, using residual methods. The...

Faults Detection And Level Control In Coupled Tanks

Published Online: Sep 23, 2015

Page range: 155 - 161

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucts-2015-0082

Keywords
fault detection, level control, residue

© Maican Camelia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Faults Detection And Level Control In Coupled Tanks

Published Online: Sep 23, 2015

Page range: 155 - 161

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucts-2015-0082

Keywordsfault detection, level control, residue

© Maican Camelia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
fault detection, level control, residue