Transient disturbances in process measurements compromise the accuracy of some
methods for plant-wide oscillation analysis. This paper presents a method to remove
such transients while maintaining the dynamic features of the original measurement.
The method is based on a nearest neighbors imputation technique. It
replaces the removed transient with an estimate which is based on the time series
of the whole measurement. The method is demonstrated on experimental and
industrial case studies. The results demonstrate the efficacy of the method and
recommended parameters. Furthermore, inconsistency indices are proposed which
facilitate the automation of the method.