Sensor fault detection in Nuclear Power Plant using statistical methods

In this paper, a sensor fault detection and isolation technique is proposed using statistical methods. An enhanced reconstruction method is proposed using Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). In the traditional SVD reconstruction method, the faulty data may affect other fault free data. The enhanced SVD (ESVD) reconstruction method is a robust method to map as a normal data. The statistical hypothesis test, namely Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test (GLRT) is applied to detect the fault in the residual space. The proposed method performance is verified by the real data of Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR).