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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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A1.1.2 Short-Tube Models<br />

Many researchers (Bailey, 1951; Zaloudek, 1963; Mei, 1982; Aaron & Domanski,<br />

1990, <strong>and</strong> Kim & O’Neal, 1994) conducted experimental or theoretical research on shorttubes.<br />

Among them, Aaron & Domanski (1990) <strong>and</strong> Kim & O’Neal (1994) obtained good<br />

consistent results <strong>and</strong> proposed some good correlations. There is no doubt that the flow<br />

through a short-tube in air-conditioner applications is choked. Following is the model<br />

<strong>for</strong>mat <strong>for</strong> short tubes.<br />

m& = C A g ρ(<br />

P − P )<br />

(A1-4)<br />

ref<br />

c<br />

s<br />

2<br />

ca up f<br />

where<br />

As<br />

is the flow area,<br />

gca<br />

is the dimensional gravity constant, Cc<br />

is a constant that<br />

corrects <strong>for</strong> inlet effect. ρ <strong>and</strong><br />

P<br />

up<br />

are the upstream refrigerant density <strong>and</strong> pressure,<br />

respectively. For a sharp-edged entrance, C<br />

c<br />

= 1, otherwise, C<br />

c<br />

depends on the inlet<br />

chamfer geometry as,<br />

C c<br />

= +<br />

0.70775<br />

1.0<br />

0.02655( L / D)<br />

( DEPTH / D<br />

)<br />

0.22684<br />

o<br />

DEPTH is the inlet chamfer depth ( 45 chamfer angle) <strong>and</strong> P f<br />

is the flashing pressure,<br />

which is approximated by a semi-empirical equation as,<br />

P<br />

f<br />

= P<br />

sat<br />

(1.005 + 5.7367( P<br />

up<br />

− 0.226exp( −0.021(<br />

D / D<br />

/ P )<br />

ref<br />

c<br />

−0.485<br />

)( L/<br />

D)<br />

( L / D)<br />

2<br />

−0.179<br />

SUBC<br />

) − 0.092EVAP<br />

0.9948<br />

+ 0.268( P<br />

up<br />

/ P )<br />

c<br />

2.716<br />

)<br />

where<br />

P<br />

sat<br />

is the liquid saturated pressure corresponding to T<br />

up<br />

, L/ D is the ratio of<br />

length to diameter,<br />

D / is the non-dimensional diameter with D ref<br />

= 1. 35mm<br />

,<br />

Dref<br />

= ( Tsat<br />

− Tup<br />

) Tc<br />

with T in absolute temperatures, EVAP ( Pc<br />

− P4<br />

) / Pc<br />

SUBC /<br />

in absolute pressures, T<br />

c<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

= with P<br />

P<br />

c<br />

are critical temperature <strong>and</strong> pressure, respectively, P<br />

4<br />

is<br />

the saturated pressure corresponding to T4<br />

which can be measured, <strong>and</strong><br />

saturated temperature corresponding to<br />

m&<br />

ref<br />

can be estimated using a compressor map.<br />

T<br />

sat<br />

is the<br />

P<br />

up. Using this model, P<br />

up<br />

can be estimated if<br />

It was reported in the literature that the above model works very well <strong>for</strong> upstream<br />

conditions with positive subcooling <strong>and</strong> reasonably well down to 10 % quality. Our FDD<br />

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