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  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,962 Views
16 Pages

Fault Diagnosis Technology for Ship Electrical Power System

  • Chaochun Yu,
  • Liang Qi,
  • Jie Sun,
  • Chunhui Jiang,
  • Jun Su and
  • Wentao Shu

10 February 2022

This paper proposes a fault diagnosis method for ship electrical power systems on the basis of an improved convolutional neural network (CNN) to support normal ship operation. First, according to the mathematical model of the ship electrical power sy...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,833 Views
35 Pages

A Review of Power System Fault Diagnosis with Spiking Neural P Systems

  • Yicen Liu,
  • Ying Chen,
  • Prithwineel Paul,
  • Songhai Fan,
  • Xiaomin Ma and
  • Gexiang Zhang

12 May 2021

With the advancement of technologies it is becoming imperative to have a stable, secure and uninterrupted supply of power to electronic systems as well as to ensure the identification of faults occurring in these systems quickly and efficiently in ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,027 Views
18 Pages

21 November 2024

Accurate fault diagnosis in nuclear power systems is essential for ensuring reactor stability, reducing the risk of potential faults, enhancing system reliability, and maintaining operational safety. Traditional diagnostic methods, especially those b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,319 Views
17 Pages

An Analytic Method for Power System Fault Diagnosis Employing Topology Description

  • Biao Xu,
  • Xianggen Yin,
  • Dali Wu,
  • Shuai Pang and
  • Yikai Wang

10 May 2019

When a fault occurs in a power system, fault section estimation is the primary premise for troubleshooting and power recovery, and an effective fault diagnosis system will play a big role in decision making. However, the topology information is not w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,369 Views
28 Pages

21 February 2024

Fuzzy and temporal reasoning can effectively improve the accuracy of fault diagnosis methods. However, there are challenges in practical applications, such as missing alarm messages, temporal reasoning with complex calculations, and complex modeling...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,219 Views
18 Pages

22 November 2022

Transformers and circuit breakers are essential equipment in traction power supply systems. Once a fault occurs, it will affect the train’s regular operation and even threaten passengers’ personal safety. Therefore, it is essential to dia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,263 Views
20 Pages

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based fault diagnosis methods have been widely studied for power grids, with most research focusing on fault interval localization rather than precise fault point identification. In cases involving long-distance transmiss...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,077 Views
22 Pages

Simultaneous-Fault Diagnosis of Satellite Power System Based on Fuzzy Neighborhood ζ-Decision-Theoretic Rough Set

  • Laifa Tao,
  • Chao Wang,
  • Yuan Jia,
  • Ruzhi Zhou,
  • Tong Zhang,
  • Yiling Chen,
  • Chen Lu and
  • Mingliang Suo

20 September 2022

Due to the increasing complexity of the entire satellite system and the deteriorating orbital environment, multiple independent single faults may occur simultaneously in the satellite power system. However, two stumbling blocks hinder the effective d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,544 Views
21 Pages

19 April 2024

With the introduction of numerous technologies and equipment, the volume of data in smart substations has undergone exponential growth. In order to enhance the intelligent management level of substations and promote their efficient and sustainable de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,692 Views
13 Pages

Stochastic Programming-Based Fault Diagnosis in Power Systems Under Imperfect and Incomplete Information

  • Huizhong Song,
  • Ming Dong,
  • Rongjie Han,
  • Fushuan Wen,
  • Md. Abdus Salam,
  • Xiaogang Chen,
  • Hua Fan and
  • Jian Ye

26 September 2018

When a fault occurs in a section or a component of a given power system, the malfunctioning of protective relays (PRs) and circuit breakers (CBs), and the false and missing alarms, may manifestly complicate the fault diagnosis procedure. It is necess...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,708 Views
95 Pages

10 April 2025

The subway power supply system, as a critical component of urban rail transit infrastructure, plays a pivotal role in ensuring operational efficiency and safety. However, current systems remain heavily dependent on manual interventions for fault diag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
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17 January 2026

Fault diagnosis in the power systems of Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) is crucial for ensuring vehicle safety and energy efficiency. This study proposes an innovative CNN-LSTM fusion model for diagnosing common faults in HEV power systems, such as b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,119 Views
30 Pages

Faults Detection and Diagnosis of a Large-Scale PV System by Analyzing Power Losses and Electric Indicators Computed Using Random Forest and KNN-Based Prediction Models

  • Yasmine Gaaloul,
  • Olfa Bel Hadj Brahim Kechiche,
  • Houcine Oudira,
  • Aissa Chouder,
  • Mahmoud Hamouda,
  • Santiago Silvestre and
  • Sofiane Kichou

12 May 2025

Accurate and reliable fault detection in photovoltaic (PV) systems is essential for optimizing their performance and durability. This paper introduces a novel approach for fault detection and diagnosis in large-scale PV systems, utilizing power loss...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,514 Views
11 Pages

20 January 2023

The important parts of a transformer, such as the core, windings, and insulation materials, are in the oil-filled tank. It is difficult to detect faults in these materials in a closed area. Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA)-based fault diagnosis methods p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,936 Views
24 Pages

Fault Diagnosis System of Power Grid Based on Multi-Data Sources

  • Jinjie Ji,
  • Qing Chen,
  • Lei Jin,
  • Xiaotong Zhou and
  • Wei Ding

20 August 2021

In order to complete the function of power grid fault diagnosis accurately, rapidly and comprehensively, the power grid fault diagnosis system based on multi-data sources is proposed. The integrated system uses accident-level information, warning-lev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
669 Views
16 Pages

16 October 2025

Fault prediction and diagnosis are critical for enhancing the maintenance and reliability of power system equipment, reducing operational costs, and preventing potential failures. In power transformers, periodic oil sampling and gas ratio analysis pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,109 Views
18 Pages

5 July 2021

The development of clean and environmentally friendly energy is necessary to address significant energy challenges, and abundant sea current energy, which plays a key role in the decarbonization of our energy systems and has attracted increasing atte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
629 Views
15 Pages

GIS Disconnector Mechanism Jamming Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Sideband Information Enhancement in Power System

  • Shun He,
  • Guochao Qian,
  • Hongming Ma,
  • Xiaohui He,
  • Fangrong Zhou,
  • Jiangjun Ruan and
  • Song He

19 May 2025

This study addresses the need for improved fault diagnosis methods for GIS disconnector mechanisms, specifically targeting jamming faults, which are difficult to detect using conventional approaches. Existing methods often fail to accurately diagnose...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,763 Views
11 Pages

Development of a Fault-Diagnosis System through the Power Conversion Module of an Electric Vehicle Fast Charger

  • Sang-Jun Park,
  • Woo-Joong Kim,
  • Byeong-Su Kang,
  • Sung-Hyun Jang,
  • Yeong-Jun Choi and
  • Young-Sun Hong

11 July 2022

The supply of electric vehicles (EVs), charging infrastructure, and the demand for chargers are rapidly increasing owing to global low-carbon and eco-friendly policies. As the maintenance of charging infrastructure varies depending on the manufacture...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,658 Views
20 Pages

An Experimental Study on Condition Diagnosis for Thrust Bearings in Oscillating Water Column Type Wave Power Systems

  • Tae-Wook Kim,
  • Jaewon Oh,
  • Cheonhong Min,
  • Se-Yun Hwang,
  • Min-Seok Kim and
  • Jang-Hyun Lee

11 January 2021

In order to utilize wave energy, various wave power systems are being actively researched and developed and interest in them is increasing. To maximize the operational efficiency, it is very important to monitor and maintain the fault of components o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,084 Views
23 Pages

17 February 2023

Based on the four sets of faults data measured in the practical LCC-HVDC transmission project of China Southern Power Grid Tianshengqiao (Guangxi Province, China)–Guangzhou (Guangdong Province, China) HVDC transmission project, a fault diagnosi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,519 Views
15 Pages

Fault Diagnosis in Power Generators: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models

  • Quetzalli Amaya-Sanchez,
  • Marco Julio del Moral Argumedo,
  • Alberto Alfonso Aguilar-Lasserre,
  • Oscar Alfonso Reyes Martinez and
  • Gustavo Arroyo-Figueroa

Power generators are one of the critical assets of power grids. The early detection of faults in power generators is essential to prevent cutoffs of the electrical supply in the power grid. This work presents a comparative analysis of machine learnin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,672 Views
27 Pages

16 September 2023

Synchronous generators with three phases are crucial components of modern integrated power systems in ships. These generators provide power for the entire operation of the vessel. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to diagnose short-circuit fau...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
1,335 Views
18 Pages

Research on Fault Diagnosis of Ship Diesel Generator System Based on IVY-RF

  • Hui Ouyang,
  • Weibo Li,
  • Feng Gao,
  • Kangzheng Huang and
  • Peng Xiao

20 November 2024

Ship diesel generator systems are critical to ship navigation. However, due to the harsh marine environment, the systems are prone to failures, and traditional fault diagnosis methods are difficult to meet requirements regarding accuracy, robustness,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,823 Views
17 Pages

17 June 2020

The burgeoning prognostic and health management (PHM) engineering technology with superior performance has lately received extensive attention in the academic circle. Nevertheless, the various types of faults of the power transformer often lead to le...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,879 Views
12 Pages

4 February 2023

A transformer is an important part of the power system. Existing transformer fault diagnosis methods are still limited by the accuracy and efficiency of the solution and excessively rely on manpower. In this paper, a novel neural network is designed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,138 Views
20 Pages

3 October 2018

Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) has been widely used in various scenarios of power transformers’ online monitoring and diagnoses. However, the diagnostic accuracy of traditional DGA methods still leaves much room for improvement. In this context,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,530 Views
21 Pages

20 April 2020

The Electrical Power System (EPS) in an aircraft is designed to interact extensively with other systems. With a growing trend towards more electric aircraft, the complexity of interactions between the EPS and other systems has grown. This has resulte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,803 Views
14 Pages

Generative Adversarial Network-Based Scheme for Diagnosing Faults in Cyber-Physical Power Systems

  • Hossein Hassani,
  • Roozbeh Razavi-Far,
  • Mehrdad Saif and
  • Vasile Palade

30 July 2021

This paper presents a novel diagnostic framework for distributed power systems that is based on using generative adversarial networks for generating artificial knockoffs in the power grid. The proposed framework makes use of the raw data measurements...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,808 Views
35 Pages

Review of Fault Detection and Diagnosis Methods in Power Plants: Algorithms, Architectures, and Trends

  • Camelia Adela Maican,
  • Cristina Floriana Pană,
  • Daniela Maria Pătrașcu-Pană and
  • Virginia Maria Rădulescu

5 June 2025

Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) in power plant systems is a rapidly evolving field driven by the increasing complexity of industrial infrastructure and the demand for reliability, safety, and predictive maintenance. This review presents a structu...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,652 Views
3 Pages

19 July 2023

Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, and deep learning have gained widespread attention in recent years and have demonstrated great potential for application in many industrial fields [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,593 Views
14 Pages

28 November 2023

As the scale and complexity of electrical grids continue to expand, the necessity for robust fault detection techniques becomes increasingly urgent. This paper seeks to address the limitations in traditional fault detection approaches, such as the de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,291 Views
15 Pages

Power System Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning

  • Zirui Wang,
  • Ziqi Zhang,
  • Xu Zhang,
  • Mingxuan Du,
  • Huiting Zhang and
  • Bowen Liu

16 October 2022

Intelligent power grid fault diagnosis is of great significance for speeding up fault processing and improving fault diagnosis efficiency. However, most of the current fault diagnosis methods focus on rule diagnosis, relying on expert experience and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,618 Views
28 Pages

Associated Fault Diagnosis of Power Supply Systems Based on Graph Matching: A Knowledge and Data Fusion Approach

  • Laifa Tao,
  • Haifei Liu,
  • Jiqing Zhang,
  • Xuanyuan Su,
  • Shangyu Li,
  • Jie Hao,
  • Chen Lu,
  • Mingliang Suo and
  • Chao Wang

17 November 2022

With the rapid development of more-electric and all-electric aircraft, the role of power supply systems in aircraft is becoming increasingly prominent. However, due to the complex coupling within the power supply system, a fault in one component ofte...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,695 Views
15 Pages

27 February 2021

Wind turbines have become a significant part of the global power production and are still increasing in capacity. Pitch systems are an important part of modern wind turbines where they are used to apply aerodynamic braking for power regulation and em...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,619 Views
17 Pages

Hybrid Wavelet–CNN Fault Diagnosis Method for Ships’ Power Systems

  • Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos,
  • Christos Spandonidis and
  • Fotis Giannopoulos

8 February 2023

Three-phase induction motors (IMs) are considered an essential part of electromechanical systems. Despite the fact that IMs operate efficiently under harsh environments, there are many cases where they indicate deterioration. A crucial type of fault...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,804 Views
20 Pages

27 August 2015

A systematic experiment verification of Chaos Embedded Sliding Mode Extremum Seeking Control for maximum power point tracking and a method for detecting possible faults in small wind turbine systems in advance are proposed in this paper. The chaotic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
629 Views
17 Pages

Feature Extraction and Diagnosis of Power-Shift System Faults in Unmanned Hydro-Mechanical Transmission Tractors

  • Ya Li,
  • Kuan Liu,
  • Xiaohan Chen,
  • Kejia Zhai,
  • Yangting Liu,
  • Yehui Zhao and
  • Guangming Wang

To enhance the reliability of unmanned hydro-mechanical transmission tractors, a fault diagnosis method for their power-shift system was developed. First, fault types were identified, and sample data was collected via a test bench. Next, a feature ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,065 Views
15 Pages

17 November 2022

As artificial intelligence technology has progressed, numerous businesses have used intelligent diagnostic technology. This study developed a deep LSTM neural network for a nuclear power plant to defect diagnostics. PCTRAN is used to accomplish data...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,039 Views
16 Pages

As the core equipment of wind turbines, rolling bearings affect the normal operation of wind power generators, resulting in huge economic losses and significant social impacts in the case of faults. Most faults are not easily found because of the sma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,721 Views
23 Pages

13 June 2025

Recurrent catastrophic inverter failures significantly undermine the reliability and economic viability of utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants. This paper presents a comprehensive investigation of severe inverter destruction incidents at the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,868 Views
38 Pages

Faults, Failures, Reliability, and Predictive Maintenance of Grid-Connected Solar Systems: A Comprehensive Review

  • Karl Kull,
  • Bilal Asad,
  • Muhammad Amir Khan,
  • Muhammad Usman Naseer,
  • Ants Kallaste and
  • Toomas Vaimann

27 October 2025

This paper reviews recent progress in fault detection, reliability analysis, and predictive maintenance methods for grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. With the rising adoption of solar power globally, maintaining system reliability and p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,850 Views
16 Pages

29 December 2024

Photovoltaic arrays are exposed to outdoor conditions year-round, leading to degradation, cracks, open circuits, and other faults. Hence, the establishment of an effective fault diagnosis system for photovoltaic arrays is of paramount importance. How...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,736 Views
14 Pages

21 December 2022

Strict regulations issued by international administrative bodies limit the CO2 equivalent emissions for new aircraft, while increasing efficiency requirements. To reach this goal, next generations of aircraft will use more electrical power than their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,501 Views
25 Pages

Fault Diagnosis Across Aircraft Systems Using Image Recognition and Transfer Learning

  • Lilin Jia,
  • Cordelia Mattuvarkuzhali Ezhilarasu and
  • Ian K. Jennions

16 March 2025

With advances in machine learning, the fault diagnosis of aircraft systems is becoming more efficient and accurate, which makes condition-based maintenance possible. However, current fault diagnosis algorithms require abundant and balanced data to be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,699 Views
28 Pages

27 July 2022

The specific equipment, installation and machinery infrastructure of an electric power system have always required specially designed data acquisition systems and devices to ensure their safe operation and monitoring. Besides maintenance, periodical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,070 Views
20 Pages

27 May 2022

With the increasing installed capacity of photovoltaic (PV) power generation, it has become a significant challenge to detect abnormalities and faults of PV modules in a timely manner. Considering that all the fault information of the PV module is co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,888 Views
22 Pages

Power Transformer Fault Detection: A Comparison of Standard Machine Learning and autoML Approaches

  • Guillermo Santamaria-Bonfil,
  • Gustavo Arroyo-Figueroa,
  • Miguel A. Zuniga-Garcia,
  • Carlos Gustavo Azcarraga Ramos and
  • Ali Bassam

22 December 2023

A key component for the performance, availability, and reliability of power grids is the power transformer. Although power transformers are very reliable assets, the early detection of incipient degradation mechanisms is very important to preventing...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,620 Views
54 Pages

Modeling, Control and Monitoring of Automotive Electric Drives

  • Pierpaolo Dini,
  • Sergio Saponara,
  • Sajib Chakraborty and
  • Omar Hegazy

7 October 2025

The electrification of automotive powertrains has accelerated research efforts in the modeling, control, and monitoring of electric drive systems, where reliability, safety, and efficiency are key enablers for mass adoption. Despite a large corpus of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
814 Views
19 Pages

Intelligent Fault Detection of Wiring Errors in Electricity Meter for New Power System Based on LightGBM Algorithm

  • Xiaoqi Huang,
  • Huizhe Zheng,
  • Chongli Zeng,
  • Chaokai Huang,
  • Jianxi Chen and
  • Xiaoshun Zhang

23 August 2025

This study proposes an intelligent method for identifying wiring errors in three-phase three-wire electricity meters using a gradient boosting machine (LightGBM) under complex load conditions, including light load and overcompensation. The work addre...

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