Investigation of Sensor Fault Diagnosis in Air Handling Units Based on Wavelet Energy Entropy

Abstract:

This paper presents a novel fault diagnosis method for sensors in air-handling units based on wavelet energy entropy. Instead of directly comparing the numerous data under noise conditions, the wavelet energy entropy deviation is used for the fault detection and diagnosis. The actual Three-level wavelet analysis is used to decompose the measurement data captured from sensors first and then the concept of Shannon entropy is referred to define the wavelet energy entropy. Once the wavelet energy entropy is obtained, whether the sensors are faulty can be confirmed through comparing the deviation of the wavelet energy entropy residual of the measured signal and the estimated one to the preset threshold. Testing results show that the wavelet energy entropy is a sensitive indictor to diagnose the sensor faults. The deviations of wavelet energy entropy of sensors under fault-free conditions and faulty ones all exceed the threshold. The severer the fault is, the larger the residuals of the wavelet energy entropy will be. The results prove that the proposed method is valid and effective for the fault detection and diagnosis of the sensors.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 645)
• Pages: 316-319
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.645.316
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Su Ping Li, Yao Ling Fan
• Keywords: Air-Handling Unit, Fault Diagnosis, Sensor, Wavelet Energy Entropy

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