Trends in the Application of Model Based Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Technical Processes

Abstract After a short view on the historical development of model-based fault detection some proposals for the terminology in the field of supervision, fault detection and diagnosis are stated based on the work within the IFAC Technical Committee SAFEPROCESS. Some basic fault detection and diagnosis methods are briefly considered. Then, an evaluation of publications during the last 5 years shows some trends in the application of model-based fault detection and diagnosis methods.