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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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ROOFTOP UNIT FAULTS<br />

COMPONENT-LEVEL FAULTS<br />

SYSTEM-LEVEL FAULTS<br />

Compressor Valve leakage<br />

Condenser Fouling<br />

Evaporator Fouling<br />

Liquid-Line Restriction<br />

Non-Condensable Gas<br />

Low Refrigerant Charge<br />

Leakage<br />

Undercharge<br />

Refrigerant Overcharge<br />

OPERATIONAL FAULTS<br />

SERVICE FAULTS<br />

Figure 1-5 Taxonomy of <strong>Rooftop</strong> <strong>Fault</strong>s<br />

Compressor valve leakage is a component-level <strong>and</strong> operational fault. Although it<br />

impacts the overall system per<strong>for</strong>mance such as discharge temperature <strong>and</strong> condensing<br />

temperature, these impacts are indirectly related to a compressor volumetric efficiency<br />

reduction, which is directly impacted by valve leakage. A loss of compressor volumetric<br />

efficiency results in the reduction of refrigerant flow rate <strong>and</strong> increasing power<br />

consumption per refrigerant flow rate <strong>and</strong> discharge pressure <strong>and</strong> temperature, <strong>and</strong> other<br />

changes of system variables, whose direction <strong>and</strong> intensity depend on the expansion<br />

device used. Physically, this source impact can be confined to the compressor component.<br />

Since a compressor valve is normally damaged when the system is running, it is<br />

classified to be an operational fault.<br />

Condenser fouling is also a component-level fault. For a rooftop unit, a direct<br />

impact of condenser fouling is the reduction of condenser air flow rate. A reduction of<br />

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