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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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Figure 4-18 shows one frame after the compressor leakage fault was introduced<br />

by opening the discharge bypass valve until about 15% of refrigerant mass flow rate was<br />

reduced (step 4 of section 4.2.3.1). FDDW indicates that there existed four simultaneous<br />

faults: refrigerant low charge with the fault severity over 0.70, condenser fouling with the<br />

fault severity around 0.5, liquid line restriction fault with the fault severity around 0.35<br />

<strong>and</strong> compressor leakage fault with the fault severity around 0.5. Since the COP was<br />

degraded 24% at this moment (see SPSDW <strong>and</strong> FDDRW), FDDRW recommended that:<br />

the system requires more refrigerant, the condenser requires cleaning, the filter/drier<br />

requires replacement <strong>and</strong> the compressor requires service.<br />

Figure 4-18 Outputs of the FDD demonstration after introduction of compressor leakage<br />

fault

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