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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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The penalty of using this low-cost feature is that it does not include the effects of<br />

driving conditions. However, these effects are relatively small. Data collected by<br />

Harms (2002) were used to validate this feature. Figure 1-16 shows that the difference<br />

between superheat <strong>and</strong> subcooling is inversely proportional to refrigerant charge. The<br />

different symbols represent different operating conditions. There is only very small<br />

dependence on different operating conditions <strong>for</strong> these data because the system uses a<br />

TXV, which compensates <strong>for</strong> variations in operating conditions. For a fixed orifice<br />

system, this feature would work as well. Chapter 2 provides a case study <strong>for</strong> a system<br />

having a fixed orifice.<br />

Tsh-Tsc (C)<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

-5<br />

A B C HT<br />

-10<br />

3.50 4.50 5.50 6.50 7.50<br />

Charge (Kg)<br />

Figure 1-16<br />

∆ with different refrigerant charge levels<br />

Tsh<br />

− sc<br />

Since all the component-level faults can be independently detected <strong>and</strong> diagnosed,<br />

their influence on detecting <strong>and</strong> diagnosing system-level faults can be eliminated if the<br />

component-level faults are considered first. Similar to the unilateral decoupling between<br />

non-condensable gas <strong>and</strong> condenser fouling faults, unilateral decoupling between<br />

component-level <strong>and</strong> system-level faults is also achieved.<br />

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