Probabilistic Prognostics and Health Management of Energy Systems

Part I. Trends and Applications

1. Probabilistic Prognostics and Health Management: A Brief Summary
Fisseha M. Alemayehu, Stephen Ekwaro-Osire

2. Introduction to Data-Driven Methodologies for Prognostics and Health Management
Jay Lee, Chao Jin, Zongchang Liu, Hossein Davari Ardakani

3. Prognostics and Health Management of Wind Turbines—Current Status and Future Opportunities
Shuangwen Sheng

4. Overview on Gear Health Prognostics
Fuqiong Zhao, Zhigang Tian, Yong Zeng

5. Probabilistic Model-Based Prognostics Using Meshfree Modeling
Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Haileyesus Belay Endeshaw, Fisseha M. Alemayehu, Ozhan Gecgel

6. Cognitive Architectures for Prognostic Health Management
James A. Crowder, John N. Carbone

Part II. Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification

7. A Review of Crack Propagation Modeling Using Peridynamics
João Paulo Dias, Márcio Antonio Bazani, Amarildo Tabone Paschoalini, Luciano Barbanti

8. Modeling and Quantification of Physical Systems Uncertainties in a Probabilistic Framework
Americo Cunha

9. Towards a More Robust Understanding of the Uncertainty of Wind Farm Reliability
Carsten H. Westergaard, Shawn B. Martin, Jonathan R. White, Charles M. Carter, Benjamin Karlson

10. Data Analysis in Python: Anonymized Features and Imbalanced Data Target
Emanuel Rocha Woiski

11. The Use of Trend Lines Channels and Remaining Useful Life Prediction
Luciano Barbanti, Berenice Camargo Damasceno, Aparecido Carlos Gonçalves, Hadamez Kuzminskas

12. The Derivative as a Probabilistic Synthesis of Past and Future Data and Remaining Useful Life Prediction
Berenice Camargo Damasceno, Luciano Barbanti, Hadamez Kuzminskas, Márcio Antonio Bazani

Part III. Condition Monitoring

13. Monitoring and Fault Identification in Aeronautical Structures Using an Wavelet-Artificial Immune System Algorithm
Fernando P. A. Lima, Fábio R. Chavarette, Simone S. F. Souza, Mara L. M. Lopes

14. An Illustration of Some Methods to Detect Faults in Geared Systems Using a Simple Model of Two Meshed Gears
Fabrício Cesar Lobato Almeida, Aparecido Carlos Gonçalves, Michael John Brennan, Amarildo T. Paschoalini, A. Arato Junior, Erickson F. M. Silva

15. Condition Monitoring of Structures Under Non-ideal Excitation Using Low Cost Equipment
Paulo J. Paupitz Gonçalves, Marcos Silveira

16. Maintenance Management and Case Studies in the Luís Carlos Prestes Thermoelectric Power Plant
Bernardo Botamede, Leonardo Leucas, Marcelo Pelegrini

17. Stiffness Nonlinearity in Structural Dynamics: Our Friend or Enemy?
Michael John Brennan

Keywords: Energy, Energy Systems, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Computational Intelligence, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer