A NEURAL NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A THERMAL REGENERATIVE MACHINE

摘要

A system is provided for diagnosing health of a closed cycle thermal regenerative machine (10). The machine includes a closed cycle thermal regenerative machine (8), a sensor (38), an artificial neural network (22), and diagnostic circuitry (27). The sensor (38) is provided in association with the thermal regenerative machine (8) and is operative to detect an external parameter of the thermal regenerative machine. The artificial neural network (22) is configured to associate at least one internal parameter with the external parameter detected by the sensor. The diagnostic circuitry (27) is configured to receive the associated internal parameter from the artificial neural network (22) and is operative to diagnose at least one operating condition of the thermal regenerative machine. A method is also provided.