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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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operation. Another advantage is that the fault detection decision is based on individual<br />

points rather than on a distribution, so it is more computational efficient <strong>for</strong> online<br />

application.<br />

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normal<br />

M normal<br />

Residual-1<br />

Normal<br />

Operation Region<br />

<strong>Fault</strong> <strong>Detection</strong><br />

Boundary<br />

Figure 1-3 <strong>Fault</strong> detection classifier scheme <strong>for</strong> a 2-dimensional case<br />

Although some quantitative fault diagnosis techniques can also do fault detection<br />

at the same time, implementing fault detection prior to attempting any diagnosis is<br />

recommended <strong>for</strong> following reasons:<br />

1. <strong>Fault</strong> detection is much easier than fault diagnosis <strong>and</strong> the probability <strong>for</strong> abnormal<br />

operation is lower than normal operation. There<strong>for</strong>e, advance fault detection would<br />

save considerable computation by eliminating the costly fault diagnosis step under<br />

normal operation.<br />

2. <strong>Fault</strong> detection can take statistical analysis into account easily, which makes the<br />

fault diagnosis method more flexible.<br />

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