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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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Also, high velocity air makes it difficult <strong>for</strong> small-scale dirt to attach to the condenser<br />

coils. There<strong>for</strong>e, the condenser air flow rate reduction can be chosen as an independent<br />

feature <strong>for</strong> condenser fouling. Applying the first thermodynamic law to the condenser,<br />

m& C ( T − T ) = m&<br />

( h ( P , T ) − h ( P , T ))<br />

(1-18)<br />

ca<br />

p, air aoc aic ref dis dis dis ll ll ll<br />

mref<br />

( hdis(<br />

Pdis<br />

, Tdis<br />

) − hll<br />

( Pll<br />

, Tll<br />

))<br />

m& ca<br />

= &<br />

(1-19)<br />

C ( T − T )<br />

p, air aoc aic<br />

where,<br />

m&<br />

ca<br />

is condenser air mass flow rate, C<br />

p , air<br />

is air specific heat, T<br />

aoc<br />

is condenser<br />

outlet air temperature,<br />

T<br />

aic<br />

is condenser inlet air temperature, m&<br />

ref<br />

is refrigerant mass<br />

flow rate, h<br />

dis<br />

is discharge line refrigerant enthalpy, P<br />

dis<br />

is discharge line pressure, T<br />

dis<br />

is<br />

discharge line temperature, h<br />

ll<br />

is liquid line refrigerant enthalpy, <strong>and</strong> T ll<br />

is the liquid<br />

line temperature.<br />

Normally the refrigerant is subcooled at the outlet of condenser. If it is not<br />

subcooled, then a fault is most likely present, which the FDD system should detect <strong>and</strong><br />

diagnose. So, the enthalpy h P , T ) can be approximated by h P , T )<br />

ll( ll ll<br />

ll( dis ll<br />

very<br />

accurately.<br />

mref<br />

( hdis<br />

( Pdis,<br />

Tdis<br />

) − hll<br />

( Pdis,<br />

Tll<br />

))<br />

m& ca<br />

≈ &<br />

(1-20)<br />

C ( T − T )<br />

p, air aoc aic<br />

Since all the parameters on the right side of equation (1-20) are measured directly<br />

or estimated from measurements by virtual sensors, equation (1-20) offers a virtual<br />

sensor or observer <strong>for</strong> measured air mass flow rate<br />

& . The normal model <strong>for</strong> m&<br />

ca<br />

m<br />

ca , meas<br />

would be constant value <strong>for</strong> a fixed-speed condenser fan. Practically, the normal value of<br />

m&<br />

ca<br />

fouling.<br />

would be learned when the FDD scheme is implemented assuming that there is no<br />

In order to evaluate refrigerant properties in equation (1-20), it is necessary that<br />

there be no non-condensable gas in the system. This assumption is reasonable, because<br />

the non-condensable gas fault can be excluded immediately after service is done. Figure<br />

1-8 illustrates the decoupling scheme <strong>for</strong> condenser fouling <strong>and</strong> non-condensable gas<br />

faults.<br />

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