A Cuscore Statistic for Monitoring Degradation Paths | ||||
Author | Michelle Mancenido
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Co-Author(s) | Rong Pan
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Abstract | The main objective of modeling the degradation path of a device is to predict its eventual time-to-failure. When a system is operated on-field, abrupt and unexpected changes in ambient conditions could potentially cause deviations from the expected degradation path, such as an acceleration to a state of failure. Previous estimates of lifetime distributions become inaccurate because the fitted model may no longer be a satisfactory representation of the degradation path. This paper shows the application of a Cuscore statistic to detect a downward shift in the gradient of a deterministic trend buried in autocorrelated noise. The proposed diagnostic methodology finds an application in monitoring the natural degradation of solar photovoltaic modules installed on-field.
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Keywords | degradation, statistical process control | |||
Article #: 1861 |
July 26-28, 2012 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |