Low-Cost Diagnostic System for Shipboard Environments

Lead Pi: Steve Leeb · 2/2007 - 1/2010

Project Personnel: Robert Cox

MIT Sea Grant
Project number: 2007-R/RD-37
Strategic Focus Area: Sustainable Coastal Development, Safe and Sustainable Seafood Supply
Non-intrusive load monitoring fault detection and diagnosis autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)

Electrical power data can be used to detect many shipboard fault conditions. Because power monitoring requires far less hardware than most modern diagnostic tools, a non-intrusive monitor could make condition-based maintenance affordable for ships with small operating budgets. In this project, researchers are developing a low-cost diagnostic platform, with testing aboard AUVs and Coast Guard Cutters.