Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering
BEng
Status | Complete |
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Part Time | No |
Years | 2014 - 2018 |
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering
BEng
Status Complete Part Time No Years 2014 - 2018
Postgraduate Diploma in Research Training
PGDip
Status Complete Part Time No Years 2018 - 2021 Awarding Institution University of Hull
PhD Computer Science
PhD / DPhil
Status Complete Years 2018 - 2021 Project Title The blessings of explainable AI in operations & maintenance of wind turbines Project Description
Title: The blessings of explainable AI in operations & maintenance of wind turbines
Author: Chatterjee, Joyjit
Awarding Body: University of Hull
Current Institution: University of Hull
Date of Award: 2021
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Abstract:
Wind turbines play an integral role in generating clean energy, but regularly suffer from operational inconsistencies and failures leading to unexpected downtimes and significant Operations & Maintenance (O&M) costs. Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) has been utilised in the past to monitor operational inconsistencies in turbines by applying signal processing techniques to vibration data. The last decade has witnessed growing interest in leveraging Supervisory Control & Acquisition (SCADA) data from turbine sensors towards CBM. Machine Learning (ML) techniques have been utilised to predict incipient faults in turbines and forecast vital operational parameters with high accuracy by leveraging SCADA data and alarm logs. More recently, Deep Learning (DL) methods have outperformed conventional ML techniques, particularly for anomaly prediction. Despite demonstrating immense promise in transitioning to Artificial Intelligence (AI), such models are generally black-boxes that cannot provide rationales behind their predictions, hampering the ability of turbine operators to rely on automated decision making. We aim to help combat this challenge by providing a novel perspective on Explainable AI (XAI) for trustworthy decision support. This thesis revolves around three key strands of XAI - DL, Natural Language Generation (NLG) and Knowledge Graphs (KGs), which are investigated by utilising data from an operational turbine. We leverage DL and NLG to predict incipient faults and alarm events in the turbine in natural language as well as generate human-intelligible O&M strategies to assist engineers in fixing/averting the faults. We also propose specialised DL models which can predict causal relationships in SCADA features as well as quantify the importance of vital parameters leading to failures. The thesis finally culminates with an interactive Question- Answering (QA) system for automated reasoning that leverages multimodal domain-specific information from a KG, facilitating engineers to retrieve O&M strategies with natural language questions. By helping make turbines more reliable, we envisage wider adoption of wind energy sources towards tackling climate change.Awarding Institution University of Hull
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