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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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When a compressor valve has leakage, the compressor volumetric efficiency<br />

ηv<br />

decreases compared to the given set of driving conditions. The decrease of volumetric<br />

efficiency<br />

η<br />

v<br />

causes the refrigerant mass flow rate<br />

m&<br />

ref<br />

to decrease compared to the<br />

normal value <strong>for</strong> the given set of driving conditions. Although the power consumption<br />

W & may increase or decrease, w , power consumption per mass flow rate, would increase<br />

compared to the normal value. As a result, the compressor discharge line enthalpy h<br />

dis<br />

would increase significantly. Since, at a given pressure<br />

P<br />

dis<br />

, the discharge line<br />

temperature T<br />

dis<br />

monotonically increases with h<br />

dis, the discharge line temperature would<br />

increase significantly due to a compressor valve leakage fault.<br />

Using a compressor map, w<br />

pred<br />

( Psuc<br />

, Tsuc<br />

, Pdis<br />

) can be predicted <strong>and</strong> then T<br />

dis , pred<br />

can be calculated. Using this model, the residual<br />

∆ between predicted T<br />

dis , pred<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

Tdis<br />

measured<br />

T ,<br />

would be a function of compressor valve leakage independent of<br />

dis meas<br />

operating conditions <strong>and</strong> faults in other components. Figure 1-7 shows the decoupling<br />

scheme. It can be seen that the residual<br />

∆ Tdis<br />

is only impacted by compressor faults <strong>and</strong><br />

all the other factors including other component faults <strong>and</strong> overall system driving<br />

conditions have been taken into account by<br />

P<br />

suc<br />

, T<br />

suc<br />

<strong>and</strong> P<br />

dis.<br />

Compressor<br />

Valve<br />

Leakage<br />

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

T<br />

T<br />

φ<br />

aic<br />

aie<br />

aie<br />

<strong>Rooftop</strong><br />

System<br />

P , T , P<br />

suc<br />

suc<br />

Compressor<br />

dis<br />

T<br />

dis , meas<br />

+<br />

_<br />

∆ T dis<br />

Other <strong>Fault</strong>s<br />

Compressor<br />

Map Model<br />

T<br />

dis , pred<br />

Figure 1-7 Compressor Valve Leakage Decoupling Scheme<br />

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