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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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System-Level <strong>Fault</strong>s<br />

RefUnder<br />

RefLeak<br />

RefOver<br />

OR Low<br />

Charge<br />

XOR<br />

Wrong<br />

Charge<br />

RTU<br />

SYSTEM<br />

System State<br />

Residuals (SSR)<br />

Or<br />

∆T<br />

= T −T<br />

sh − sc<br />

sh<br />

sc<br />

Figure 1-15 The Decoupling Scheme <strong>for</strong> System Level <strong>Fault</strong>s<br />

So far, couplings among system-level faults <strong>and</strong> from system-level faults to<br />

component-level faults are broken. However, it is necessary to identify a feature that<br />

strongly depends on charge.<br />

Since component-level faults can be excluded be<strong>for</strong>e h<strong>and</strong>ling system-level faults,<br />

the system-level faults can be diagnosed independently using the SRB method. However,<br />

using the SRB method to do FDD requires system-level normal operation models, which<br />

can be expensive to develop. Another lower-cost feature is the difference between suction<br />

line superheat <strong>and</strong> liquid line subcooling, ∆<br />

reasons:<br />

Tsh<br />

− sc<br />

. This is a good feature <strong>for</strong> the following<br />

1. Most of the refrigerant charge (more than 80%) accumulates as liquid in the<br />

condenser subcooling section <strong>and</strong> liquid line including the filter/drier. Subcooling<br />

is provided by certain heat transfer area in condenser, so the volume of liquid<br />

refrigerant is proportional to subcooling.<br />

2. Similarly, superheat is provided by certain heat transfer area in evaporator <strong>and</strong> the<br />

vapor volume is proportional to superheat. So the saturated liquid in the evaporator<br />

is inversely proportional to superheat.<br />

3. So the difference between superheat <strong>and</strong> subcooling should be inversely<br />

proportional to refrigerant charge. From the SRB diagnosis rules <strong>for</strong> both fixed<br />

orifice <strong>and</strong> TXV, it can be seen that the superheat <strong>and</strong> subcooling residuals change<br />

in the same direction <strong>for</strong> all other faults <strong>and</strong> in counter directions only <strong>for</strong><br />

refrigerant charge faults.<br />

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