A Digital Twin (DT) is a simulation of a physical system that provides information to make decisions that add economic, social or commercial value. The behaviour of a physical system changes over time, a DT must therefore be continually updated with data from the physical systems to reflect its changing behaviour. For resource-constrained systems, updating a DT is non-trivial because of challenges such as on-board learning and the off-board data transfer. This paper presents a framework for updating data-driven DTs of resource-constrained systems geared towards system health monitoring. The proposed solution consists of: (1) an on-board system running a light-weight DT allowing the prioritisation and parsimonious transfer of data generated by the physical system; and (2) off-board robust updating of the DT and detection of anomalous behaviours. Two case studies are considered using a production gas turbine engine system to demonstrate the digital representation accuracy for real-world, time-varying physical systems.

燃气轮机发动机是复杂的机器，通常产生大量数据，并且需要仔细监控，以允许具有成本效益的预防性维护。在航空航天应用中，将所有测量数据返回到地面是昂贵的，通常会导致有用，高值，要丢弃的数据。因此，在实时检测，优先级和返回有用数据的能力是至关重要的。本文提出了由卷积神经网络常态模型描述的系统输出测量，实时优先考虑预防性维护决策者。由于燃气轮机发动机时变行为的复杂性，导出精确的物理模型难以困难，并且通常导致预测精度低的模型和与实时执行不相容。数据驱动的建模是一种理想的替代方案，生产高精度，资产特定模型，而无需从第一原理推导。我们提出了一种用于在线检测和异常数据的优先级的数据驱动系统。通过集成到深神经预测模型中的不确定管理，避免了偏离新的操作条件的数据评估。测试是对实际和合成数据进行的，显示对真实和合成故障的敏感性。该系统能够在低功耗嵌入式硬件上实时运行，目前正在部署Rolls-Royce Pearl 15发动机飞行试验。