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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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2. The savings are greatest <strong>for</strong> retail store <strong>and</strong> lowest <strong>for</strong> the modular school. This<br />

is because the retail store has the highest cooling loads <strong>and</strong> the modular school<br />

has the lowest cooling loads.<br />

5.2.2 Equipment Life Savings (ELS)<br />

<strong>Fault</strong>s can have a direct effect on equipment life through adverse operating<br />

conditions associated with the compressor, such as high operating temperatures or liquid<br />

entering the compressor. If the faults were severe enough to result in compressor failure,<br />

it would be very costly (about $1,000 to replace a 6-ton compressor including labor fees).<br />

However, it is difficult to quantitatively evaluate the impact of faults on the compressor<br />

life. <strong>Fault</strong>s also affect equipment life indirectly due to an increase in the required runtime<br />

to maintain com<strong>for</strong>t. This effect is much easier to quantify. Rearranging equation (5-6)<br />

gives the run time as<br />

T<br />

=<br />

Q&<br />

Q<br />

Load<br />

Cap,Normal<br />

( 1−<br />

β )<br />

(5-9)<br />

If the system cooling capacity were degraded by β , then the run time would<br />

β<br />

increase by . The equipment life is dictated by the run time, e.g., 8 (hours) * 30<br />

1− β<br />

(days) * 5 (months) * 10 (years) =12000 hours. Assuming an RTU cost of 750$/ton <strong>and</strong><br />

equipment life of 12,000 runtime hours, a unit cost per hour is $0.0625/ (ton-hour). Then,<br />

the savings related to equipment life would be<br />

ELS<br />

β<br />

= 0 .0625⋅Q& Cap, Normal<br />

T<br />

(5-10)<br />

1−<br />

β

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