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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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Refrigerant Low-charge Refrigerant Low-charge<br />

Condenser Fouling<br />

Refrigerant Low-charge<br />

Condenser Fouling<br />

Liquid-line Restriction<br />

1 31 61 91<br />

211<br />

181<br />

151<br />

121<br />

Refrigerant Low-charge<br />

Condenser Fouling<br />

Liquid-line Restriction<br />

Compressor Leakage<br />

Refrigerant Low-charge<br />

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

Refrigerant Low-charge<br />

Compressor Leakage<br />

Refrigerant Low-charge<br />

Liquid-line Restriction<br />

Compressor Leakage<br />

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Figure 2-12 Timeline of the fault simulation in minutes.<br />

The following steps describe the addition of faults,<br />

1. Evacuated the system, <strong>and</strong> then charged the system up to eighty per cent of<br />

nominal refrigerant charge. The system ran <strong>for</strong> half an hour to reach steady state<br />

<strong>and</strong> then data were logged.<br />

2. After logging half an hour of low charge data, the condenser fouling fault was<br />

added, by covering thirty per cent of condenser area using paper. At this time,<br />

there were two simultaneous faults in the system: refrigerant low charge <strong>and</strong><br />

condenser fouling.<br />

3. Half an hour later, a liquid line restriction fault was introduced by closing the<br />

restriction valve until a twenty psi pressure drop was caused. Three faults<br />

existed in the system simultaneously: refrigerant low charge, condenser fouling<br />

<strong>and</strong> liquid line restriction.<br />

4. Half an hour later, a compressor leakage fault was introduced by opening the<br />

compressor bypass valve to let fifteen per cent of refrigerant mass flow rate<br />

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