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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

An Investigation of Efficiency Issues in a Low-Pressure Steam Turbine Using Neural Modelling.

Marek Bělohoubek, Karel Liška, Zdeněk Kubín, Petr Polcar, Luboš Smolík, Pavel Polach

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marek BělohoubekResearch and Testing Institute Plzen, Tylova 1581/46, 301 00 Plzen, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-7731-7768
Karel LiškaResearch and Testing Institute Plzen, Tylova 1581/46, 301 00 Plzen, Czech Republic.ORCID 0009-0000-1091-2650
Zdeněk KubínResearch and Testing Institute Plzen, Tylova 1581/46, 301 00 Plzen, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-8054-5948
Petr PolcarResearch and Testing Institute Plzen, Tylova 1581/46, 301 00 Plzen, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-4410-9038
Luboš SmolíkResearch and Testing Institute Plzen, Tylova 1581/46, 301 00 Plzen, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-5280-5001
Pavel PolachResearch and Testing Institute Plzen, Tylova 1581/46, 301 00 Plzen, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-7304-988X
Research and Testing Institute Plzen (Czechia) · CZ

Funding

Ministry of Industry and Trade DKRVO 2023-2027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study utilizes neural networks to detect and locate thermal anomalies in low-pressure steam turbines, some of which experienced a drop in efficiency. Standard approaches relying on expert knowledge or statistical methods struggled to identify the anomalous steam line due to difficulty in capturing nonlinear and weak relations in the presence of linear and strong ones. In this research, some inputs that linearly relate to outputs have been intentionally neglected. The remaining inputs have been used to train shallow feedforward or long short-term memory neural networks using measured data. The resulting models have been analyzed by Shapley additive explanations, which can determine the impact of individual inputs or model features on outputs. This analysis identified unexpected relations between lines that should not be connected. Subsequently, during periodic plant shutdown, a leak was discovered in the indicated line.

Indexed as

artificial intelligencecondensing steam turbineheat balancelow-pressure turbinemachine learningnuclear power plant

Identifiers

PMID38610268
PMCPMC11014054
OpenAlexW4393143316

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