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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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3 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS<br />

This report first <strong>for</strong>mulated the general model-based FDD methodology in a<br />

mathematical way <strong>and</strong> cast the SRB FDD method within this framework. Inspired by this<br />

mathematical <strong>for</strong>mulation, a decoupling-based FDD approach was proposed to h<strong>and</strong>le<br />

multiple-simultaneous faults.<br />

Laboratory data collected by Breuker (1998) <strong>for</strong> a 3-ton fixed orifice RTU<br />

validated the proposed decoupling strategy. And then multiple-simultaneous faults were<br />

artificially introduced into the Purdue field emulation site to demonstrate the decouplingbased<br />

FDD approach. This demonstration showed that the proposed FDD approach can<br />

correctly detect <strong>and</strong> diagnosis multiple-simultaneous faults <strong>and</strong> it also demonstrates the<br />

type of in<strong>for</strong>mation that could be supplied to a user. Finally, the FDD method was<br />

applied to Cali<strong>for</strong>nia field sites. Only partial results were obtained <strong>for</strong> the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia field<br />

sites because not all of the in<strong>for</strong>mation on the equipment was obtained so far. However,<br />

the results showed that many faults at the field sites can be detected <strong>and</strong> diagnosed even<br />

if the in<strong>for</strong>mation is not complete. According to the analysis of field data, another<br />

conclusion can be drawn that faults occurred frequently <strong>and</strong> multiple-simultaneous faults<br />

were common at the field sites.<br />

More data <strong>for</strong> multiple-simultaneous faults under wider ranges of operating<br />

conditions are needed to test the robustness <strong>and</strong> quantify the per<strong>for</strong>mance of the proposed<br />

FDD approach. The instrumentation of the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia field sites should to be checked,<br />

improved or even modified to obtain more reliable data.<br />

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