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Fault diagnosis for supercharged boiler based on self-improving few-shot learning

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  • Li, Guolong
  • Li, Yanjun
  • Su, Jian
  • Wang, Haotong
  • Sun, Shengdi
  • Zhao, Jiarui
  • Zhang, Guolei
  • Shi, Jianxin

Abstract

This study proposes a fault diagnosis method, SNN-MSU(H), to address the issue that the diagnosis model and support set cannot be updated and improved during the supercharged boiler fault diagnosis process. The proposed method sends samples that are not correctly diagnosed by the model to experts for re-diagnosis. These expert-re-diagnosed samples are then collected for model re-training. The results show that as the number of test samples increases or noise decreases, the model's accuracy increases and the need for expert intervention decreases. The SNN-MSU's accuracy is greater than 95 %, and the number of expert interventions in every 10 test samples does not exceed 1 when there are no samples in the initial support set. When the model is pre-trained with a few supercharged boiler fault samples, the SNN-MSU's accuracy exceeds 97 %, and that of SNN-MSUH exceeds 99 %. Finally, actual system tests demonstrate that SNN-MSU(H) can accurately detect new fault categories, such as valve disturbances, and request expert intervention in time. After expert intervention, the accuracy of the model diagnosis can be improved based on the knowledge provided by the experts.

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  • Li, Guolong & Li, Yanjun & Su, Jian & Wang, Haotong & Sun, Shengdi & Zhao, Jiarui & Zhang, Guolei & Shi, Jianxin, 2025. "Fault diagnosis for supercharged boiler based on self-improving few-shot learning," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 316(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:316:y:2025:i:c:s0360544225001495
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.134507
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