Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.55, No.3, 692-702, 2016
Modeling and Monitoring for Transitions Based on Local Kernel Density Estimation and Process Pattern Construction
Usually, industrial processes have multiple operational modes due to different production strategies, external environmental variability, or changes in product specifications. Monitoring of multimode processes constitutes a challenging problem considering multiple steady-state operational regions and dynamic transitions. This paper proposes a novel method for the offline identification of stable modes and transitions based on a local kernel density estimation algorithm. The online monitoring scheme is based on mode identification and transition tracking. The Tennessee Eastman (TE) benchmark process is used as a case study to evaluate the performance of the proposal. As a result, stable modes are successfully isolated from transitions, even when these involve complex changes in the production mode. The results also demonstrate that the proposed scheme is capable of tracking mode changes, and finally, results monitored during transitions confirm the validity and efficacy of the new approach compared with previous works.