A Hybrid Diagnostic System for a Small Turbojet Engine

A diagnostic system is one of the key components securing the safety of operation of a turbojet engine. There are many different engineering approaches how to design engine diagnostic systems applied in real-world conditions. We propose a novel approach for a diagnostic system design to be applied on the object of a small turbojet engine using thermal diagnostics combined with a more traditional model based approach. The combination of these two approaches together with application of methods from the area of computational intelligence create a hybrid diagnostic system, which can be integrated with a control system of the engine. The article also deals with experimental validation of the designed diagnostic system on the object of a small turbojet engine iSTC-21v in laboratory conditions.