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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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3 IMPROVED SRB FDD METHOD<br />

As depicted in Figure 3-1, a rooftop unit (RTU) can be represented as a black-box,<br />

which is driven by faults, disturbances <strong>and</strong> overall system driving conditions, including<br />

condenser inlet air temperature T aic<br />

, evaporator inlet air temperature T aie<br />

, <strong>and</strong> relative<br />

humidity<br />

φ<br />

aie<br />

, <strong>and</strong> outputs overall system state variables, including evaporator<br />

temperature T<br />

evap<br />

, suction line superheat T sh<br />

, discharge line temperature T hg<br />

temperature T<br />

cond<br />

, condensing<br />

, liquid line subcooling T<br />

sc<br />

, evaporator air temperature difference<br />

∆ Tea<br />

,<br />

condenser air temperature difference<br />

∆ Tca<br />

, <strong>and</strong> liquid line pressure drop ∆ Pll<br />

. The<br />

objective of the FDD technique is to infer some of the inputs from the outputs. There are<br />

two ways to fulfill this.<br />

Overall Driving Conditions<br />

T<br />

aic<br />

, T<br />

aie<br />

, φ<br />

aie<br />

Compressor Valve<br />

Leakage<br />

Low Refrigerant Charge<br />

Condenser Fouling<br />

Refrigerant Overcharge<br />

Liquid-Line Restriction<br />

Non-Condensable Gas<br />

Evaporator Fouling<br />

Disturbances<br />

<strong>Rooftop</strong> Unit System<br />

Compressor<br />

Condenser<br />

Liquid-Line<br />

Evaporator<br />

η v<br />

Reaction<br />

m& ca<br />

Reaction<br />

∆P ll<br />

Reaction<br />

m& ea<br />

Reaction<br />

T<br />

evap<br />

T<br />

sh<br />

T<br />

hg<br />

T<br />

cond<br />

T<br />

sc<br />

∆ T ea<br />

∆ T ca<br />

∆ P ll<br />

Overall System State Variables<br />

Figure 3-1 Interactions of <strong>Rooftop</strong> Unit System

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