A distributed virtual sensor scheme for marine fuel engines

Journal Article (2022)
Authors

Nikos Kougiatsos (TU Delft - Transport Engineering and Logistics)

Vasso Reppa (TU Delft - Transport Engineering and Logistics)

Research Group
Transport Engineering and Logistics
Copyright
© 2022 N. Kougiatsos, V. Reppa
To reference this document use:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.10.451
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Publication Year
2022
Language
English
Copyright
© 2022 N. Kougiatsos, V. Reppa
Research Group
Transport Engineering and Logistics
Issue number
31
Volume number
55
Pages (from-to)
333-338
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.10.451
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Abstract

This paper proposes a virtual sensor scheme designed to compensate for sensor fault effects in marine fuel engines. The proposed scheme design follows a distributed approach, where the marine fuel engine is decomposed in several subsystems. Then, for each subsystem we design a monitoring agent that can actively compensate for the effects of sensor faults occurring in the specific subsystem. This is realized using virtual sensors that can estimate the sensor fault in order to reconstruct the faulty measurements. Due to the Differential-Algebraic mathematical description of marine fuel engine dynamics, we design three types of virtual sensors; using adaptive observers, Set Inversion via Interval Analysis (SIVIA) and static models. Simulation results are used to illustrate the efficiency of the method.