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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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evaporator air flow rate reduction can be chosen as an independent feature <strong>for</strong> evaporator<br />

fouling. Applying the first thermodynamic law to the evaporator,<br />

where,<br />

m&<br />

ea<br />

( haie(<br />

Taie,<br />

φ<br />

aie)<br />

− haoe<br />

( Taoe,<br />

φaoe<br />

)) = m&<br />

ref<br />

( hsuc<br />

( Psuc<br />

, Tsuc<br />

) − hll<br />

( Pll<br />

, Tll<br />

)) (1-21)<br />

mref<br />

( hsuc(<br />

Psuc,<br />

Tsuc)<br />

− hll(<br />

Pll,<br />

Tll))<br />

m& ea<br />

= &<br />

(1-22)<br />

( h ( T , φ ) − h ( T , φ ))<br />

aie<br />

aie<br />

aie<br />

aoe<br />

aoe<br />

aoe<br />

m&<br />

ea<br />

is evaporator air mass flow rate, h<br />

aoe<br />

is the evaporator outlet air enthalpy,<br />

φ<br />

aoe<br />

is the relative humidity of evaporator outlet air, T<br />

aoe<br />

is evaporator outlet air<br />

temperature, h<br />

aie<br />

is evaporator air inlet enthalpy, T<br />

aie<br />

is evaporator inlet air temperature,<br />

φ<br />

aie<br />

is the relative humidity of evaporator inlet air, h<br />

suc<br />

is suction line refrigerant enthalpy,<br />

P<br />

suc<br />

is suction line pressure, <strong>and</strong> T<br />

suc<br />

is suction line temperature.<br />

All the parameters on the right side of equation (1-22) are measured or estimated,<br />

so equation (1-22) is a virtual sensor or observer <strong>for</strong> measuring<br />

illustrates the above decoupling scheme.<br />

& . Figure 1-12<br />

m<br />

ea , meas<br />

Evaporator<br />

Fouling<br />

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

T<br />

T<br />

φ<br />

aic<br />

aie<br />

aie<br />

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

System<br />

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

Evaporator<br />

h ( P<br />

h<br />

ll<br />

m&<br />

suc<br />

ref<br />

Speed<br />

Setting<br />

dis<br />

( P<br />

, T<br />

, T )<br />

suc<br />

aoe<br />

Virtual<br />

Sensor<br />

ll<br />

, T<br />

suc<br />

, T<br />

aie<br />

)<br />

,φ<br />

Blower<br />

aie<br />

&<br />

m<br />

ea , meas<br />

+<br />

_<br />

∆ m&<br />

ea<br />

Figure 1-12 Evaporator Fouling Decoupling Scheme<br />

Unlike condenser air mass flow rate,<br />

& normally has more than one speed<br />

m<br />

ea , pred<br />

setting, but it is constant <strong>for</strong> a given setting. So, the block ‘blower’ acts as a normal<br />

model, whose input is the setting control signal <strong>and</strong> output is a constant air mass flow rate<br />

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