Title :
Testing an Emergency Luminaire Circuit Using a Fault Dictionary Approach
Author :
Konstantinou, Dimitrios K. ; Dimopoulos, Michael G. ; Papakostas, Dimitris K. ; Hatzopoulos, Alkis A. ; Spyronasios, Alexios
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
Abstract :
In this paper a model for emergency luminaire circuits is utilized for building a fault dictionary so as to be used for circuit fault diagnosis. Simulation and measurements used for testing an emergency luminaire were performed in order to verify the emergency luminaire circuits behavior. Simulation results were compared to the experimental data acquired with the help of an oscilloscope and a measuring system, which offers real-time storage of current and voltage waveform measurements. Simulations of the fault-free circuit and faulty circuit instances proved to be in good accordance to the measured data. A fault dictionary is built and is successfully used to diagnose the most commonly encountered faults in the circuit.
Keywords :
circuit testing; emergency lighting; fault diagnosis; circuit fault diagnosis; current waveform measurements; emergency luminaire circuit; fault dictionary approach; fault-free circuit; faulty circuit; measuring system; oscilloscope; voltage waveform measurements; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Current measurement; Dictionaries; Fault diagnosis; Oscilloscopes; Performance evaluation; Real time systems; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, 2008. DDECS 2008. 11th IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Bratislava
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2276-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2277-7
DOI :
10.1109/DDECS.2008.4538795
