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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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current values of the fault indicators <strong>and</strong> per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>and</strong> safety factors. Also shown are<br />

current recommendations provided by the FDD method. The demonstration has been<br />

very useful in testing the FDD method <strong>for</strong> single <strong>and</strong> multiple faults <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> illustrating<br />

the potential <strong>for</strong> application of FDD.<br />

Figure E-1. FDD demonstration output<br />

The decoupling-based method was then applied to field data. Figure E-2 shows<br />

example results <strong>for</strong> a rooftop unit at the Milpitas McDonalds field site determined over an<br />

entire cooling season. This plot is a histogram of the normalized fault indicator <strong>for</strong> a low<br />

refrigerant charge. All the steady-state data points are located at the right of the FDD<br />

threshold <strong>and</strong> the mean value is about 1.6, which means that the system charge is very<br />

low. In addition to low refrigerant charge, the FDD method identified a clogged filterdrier<br />

<strong>and</strong> a fouled condenser coil <strong>for</strong> this site.

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