Neropoles : using expert systems to monitor pumps in power plants

Abstract

This dissertation examines the use of a rule-based systemtogether with a user interface to monitor equipment, in particular awater pump located in Krafla power plant. The pump has severaltemperature values that need to be monitored. If the temperature goestoo high it can damage the equipment and as a result the power plantmight need to shut down. A prototype of the rule-based system wasdesigned in cooperation with Landsvirkjun and the staff at Krafla andimplemented using an expert system shell called Clips. A programgenerated simulated data to test the rule-based system. Execution ofthis prototype system confirmed that it was able to perform theexpected task by detecting temperature values falling outside of theacceptable bounds.