Root-KGD: A Novel Framework for Root Cause Diagnosis Based on Knowledge Graph and Industrial Data
This addresses the challenge of accurate and online root cause diagnosis for industrial processes, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing knowledge graph and data-driven methods.
The paper tackles the problem of root cause diagnosis in industrial fault diagnosis by proposing Root-KGD, a framework that combines knowledge graphs and industrial data, resulting in more accurate and interpretable diagnosis compared to existing methods, as validated on two industrial process cases.
With the development of intelligent manufacturing and the increasing complexity of industrial production, root cause diagnosis has gradually become an important research direction in the field of industrial fault diagnosis. However, existing research methods struggle to effectively combine domain knowledge and industrial data, failing to provide accurate, online, and reliable root cause diagnosis results for industrial processes. To address these issues, a novel fault root cause diagnosis framework based on knowledge graph and industrial data, called Root-KGD, is proposed. Root-KGD uses the knowledge graph to represent domain knowledge and employs data-driven modeling to extract fault features from industrial data. It then combines the knowledge graph and data features to perform knowledge graph reasoning for root cause identification. The performance of the proposed method is validated using two industrial process cases, Tennessee Eastman Process (TEP) and Multiphase Flow Facility (MFF). Compared to existing methods, Root-KGD not only gives more accurate root cause variable diagnosis results but also provides interpretable fault-related information by locating faults to corresponding physical entities in knowledge graph (such as devices and streams). In addition, combined with its lightweight nature, Root-KGD is more effective in online industrial applications.