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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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point the actual evaporator air mass flow rate has a small variation <strong>for</strong> different fault<br />

types <strong>and</strong> different fault levels, <strong>and</strong> the fluctuation b<strong>and</strong> shifts up with the increasing load<br />

levels. The outlier point may be caused by experimental error. The small shifting<br />

fluctuation with increasing load level may be caused by the variation in the air density at<br />

different load levels, <strong>and</strong> different fault type <strong>and</strong> fault level also have some influence on<br />

the air density. However, this small fluctuation would not change the decoupling feature.<br />

Figure 2-4 Decoupling evaporator fouling fault using measured evaporator air mass flow<br />

rate<br />

Evaporator air mass flow rate is not typically measured. Figure 2-5 illustrates the<br />

evaporator air mass flow rate estimated using a virtual sensor under different fault types<br />

with different fault <strong>and</strong> load levels. This virtual sensor used the measured refrigerant<br />

mass flow rate. From this figure, it can be seen that the existing shifting fluctuation is<br />

amplified a little, which may be caused by the systematic error in the measurement of<br />

evaporator air inlet <strong>and</strong> outlet conditions. However, this still does not change the<br />

decoupling feature <strong>and</strong> the change of evaporator air mass flow rate estimate is still<br />

dominated by evaporator fouling <strong>and</strong> also it can be alleviated by improving the<br />

measurement scheme.<br />

Evaporator <strong>Air</strong> Mass Flow<br />

Rate (lbm/hr)<br />

9000<br />

7500<br />

6000<br />

4500<br />

3000<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 />

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