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A reliable data-driven method for condition monitoring in nuclear power plants

  • Zhenfeng Qi
  • , Wei Li
  • , Juan Chen
  • , Yidan Yuan
  • , Shuhong Du
  • China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.,Ltd.

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Abstract

Condition monitoring, which is the basis of condition-based maintenance (CBM) and fault tolerant control (FTC) in nuclear power plants (NPPs), can accurately estimate the sensor measurement of the complex system, and then determine whether the system or equipment is abnormal. Data-driven method, such as Auto-Associative kernel regression (AAKR) and Auto-Associative neural network (AANN), has many advantages compare to model-based method and there are many application scenarios. But due to the uncertainty of measurement data, the incompleteness of training data and the uncertainty of model hyper-parameters, data-driven model has inherent uncertainty. That is, the predictions and residuals generated by data-driven model is not the true values. When the condition monitoring system determines that there is an abnormality in NPPs, we hope that the anomaly detection result has high reliability. Otherwise, the uncertainty of data-driven model will have a significant impact on decision-making, and even on the safety and economics of NPPs. This paper proposes a novel condition monitoring technology named Auto-Associative Kernel Ridge Regression (AAKRR) and then analyse model uncertainty using Monte Carlo method. The test results in dataset from NPPs show that AAKRR model has a small uncertainty interval and has strong anomaly detection capabilities.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM 2020
EditorsPiero Baraldi, Francesco Di Maio, Enrico Zio
PublisherResearch Publishing Services
Pages1695-1702
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789811485930
StatePublished - 2020
Event30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM 2020 - Venice, Virtual, Italy
Duration: 1 Nov 20205 Nov 2020

Publication series

Name30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM 2020

Conference

Conference30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM 2020
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityVenice, Virtual
Period1/11/205/11/20

Keywords

  • Anomaly detection
  • Auto-associative kernel ridge regression
  • Bias-variance decomposition
  • Condition monitoring
  • Confidence interval
  • Model uncertainty
  • Prediction interval

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