Title: Decision support system using artificial immune recognition system for fault classification of centrifugal pump

Authors: N.R. Sakthivel, Binoy B. Nair, V. Sugumaran, Rajakumar S. Rai

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita School of Engineering, Ettimadai, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, 641105, India. ' Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita School of Engineering, Ettimadai, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, 641105, India. ' Department of Mechatronics Engineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur – 603 203, Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu, India. ' School of Mechanical Sciences, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, 64114, India

Abstract: Centrifugal pumps are a crucial part of many industrial plants. Early detection of faults in pumps can increase their reliability, reduce energy consumption, service and maintenance costs, and increase their life-cycle and safety, thus resulting in a significant reduction in life-time costs. Vibration analysis is a very popular tool for condition monitoring of machinery like pumps, turbines and compressors. The proposed method is based on a novel immune inspired supervised learning algorithm which is known as artificial immune recognition system (AIRS). This paper compares the fault classification efficiency of AIRS with hybrid systems such as principle component analysis (PCA)-Naive Bayes and PCA-Bayes Net. The robustness of the proposed method is examined using its classification accuracy and kappa statistics. It is observed that the AIRS-based system outperforms the other two methods considered in the present study.

Keywords: centrifugal pumps; artificial immune recognition system; AIRS; fault diagnosis; statistical features; principle component analysis; PCA; decision support systems; fault classification; supervised learning; artificial immune systems; vibration analysis; condition monitoring.

DOI: 10.1504/IJDATS.2011.038806

International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, 2011 Vol.3 No.1, pp.66 - 84

Published online: 29 Nov 2014 *

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