Robust fault detection and isolation for uncertain neutral time-delay systems using a geometric approach

This paper proposes a new geometric fault detection and isolation (FDI) strategy for uncertain neutral time-delay systems (UNTDS). Firstly, the concept of unobservability subspace is extended to the considered system. Subsequently, utilizing the geometric properties of factor space and canonical projection, the fault is divided into different unobservability subspaces. Therefore, an algorithm for constructing the subspace is developed for fault isolation. Finally, a set of observers is designed for the subsystems, and generates a set of structured residuals which is sensitive only to a specific fault. Additionally, the H_∞ technique is utilized to suppress the disturbances and error signals due to time-varying delays on the residual. The simulation examples verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach.