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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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or pattern are coordinate axes, <strong>and</strong> can not be parameterized using a covariance matrix<br />

<strong>and</strong> mean vector. So, a fault diagnosis classifier to realize this diagnosis method is the<br />

key.<br />

1.1.2.1.1 Original SRB <strong>Fault</strong> Diagnosis Classifier<br />

Similar to the fault detection classifier, Rossi & Braun (1997) proposed a fault<br />

diagnosis classifier that involves evaluating the probability of the current distribution<br />

within each fault quadrant. When the probability of the most likely fault class exceeds<br />

that of the second most likely class by a preset threshold (fault probability ratio threshold),<br />

a diagnosis is made.<br />

The merit of this classifier is that it maintains the SRB fault diagnosis method’s<br />

merit, converting an infinite classification problem into a multi-classification one.<br />

However, similar to the fault detection classifier, direct numerical integration of the high<br />

dimensional (e.g., 7-dimensional <strong>for</strong> this case) probability distributions cannot be<br />

per<strong>for</strong>med in real time using a microprocessor. However, unlike the detection classifier, it<br />

is impossible to find an analytical solution. There<strong>for</strong>e, Rossi & Braun (1997) made an<br />

assumption that each dimension of the 7-dimensional density function is independent. In<br />

other words, the cross terms of the current operation covariance matrix are removed. This<br />

assumption simplified the 7-dimensional integration into a multiplication of seven 1-<br />

dimensional integrations.<br />

However, experimental data show that the covariance matrix in normal operation<br />

is far from diagonal. The impact of the independence assumption on FDD per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

was evaluated through comparison with a classifier that utilizes Monte-Carlo simulation<br />

<strong>and</strong> was shown to degrade fault diagnosis sensitivity. The results of this analysis appear<br />

in the attached ASHRAE paper (Li & Braun, 2003) <strong>and</strong> Deliverable 2.1.3 & 2.1.4 (2002).<br />

1.1.2.1.2 Simple Distance <strong>Fault</strong> Diagnosis Classifier<br />

To eliminate the independence assumption <strong>and</strong> improve fault diagnosis<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance, a simple distance fault diagnosis classifier, which does not require<br />

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