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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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noise, system disturbances <strong>and</strong> modeling error. So, the coupling between compressor<br />

valve leakage <strong>and</strong> other faults is broken successfully using the discharge line temperature<br />

residual.<br />

However, there is still some room <strong>for</strong> improvement. For example, the discharge<br />

line temperature residual is impacted a little by large liquid-line restrictions. This may be<br />

caused by high suction line superheat at severe liquid-line restrictions, which results in a<br />

lower value of the compressor volumetric efficiency. However, this can be improved by<br />

improving the compressor model per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>and</strong> finding some practical means to tune<br />

it, which will also eliminate the impact of other faults on the discharge line temperature<br />

estimation.<br />

Discharge Line Temperature<br />

Residual (F)<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

-20<br />

-40<br />

evapfoul condfoul refleak llrestr compnv<br />

Load level 1 Load level 2 Load level 3 Load level 4 Load level 5<br />

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5<br />

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

Figure 2-1 Decoupling compressor valve leakage fault using estimated compressor power<br />

measurement <strong>and</strong> estimated refrigerant mass flow rate<br />

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