Fault Detection and Isolation Based on Optimal Fault-Tolerant Observers for Linear System

The problem of diagnosing the actuator faults and sensor faults of linear system with the methods of fault detection and isolation (FDI) technology and optimal fault-tolerant observers is addressed. The measurable outputs used to reconstruct states for the system carry the fault information, which may affect the performance of the system state estimation. In this paper, by comparing the measurable outputs, reliable outputs without fault is selected as the input of the reconstructed system. Then reduced order optimal fault-tolerant observers are used to track the system states. Based on the FDI technology, residual observers are designed to achieve the fault detection for the linear system. Case studies demonstrate the effectiveness of FDI technology and optimal fault-tolerant observers method used in fault detection and isolation.