Resumen
The methodology presented in this paper is directly intended for application in the area of turbojet engines. This paper presents the design of an automated system which can create diagnostic information using data from an infrared thermal camera, utilizing methods of computational intelligence and expert systems, which can be considered as a novel approach. The developed system segments infrared images use a self-organizing feature map and an expert system to automatically extract diagnostic information about the technical state of a turbojet engine. The diagnostic system was developed using a small iSTC-21v turbojet engine with a thrust of 500 N in laboratory conditions and can be simply modified for application to other engine types. The system is not limited to engines and can be considered for application in other technical systems which produce heat, such as generators, transmissions, and electronic circuit boards.