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Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Rooftop Air Conditioners

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4.2 Data Processing<br />

4.2.1 Driving condition problems<br />

Of the three driving conditions, only outdoor air temperature <strong>and</strong> mixed air temperature<br />

are measured directly at the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia field sites. One way to get mixed air humidity is to<br />

compute it from return air temperature <strong>and</strong> humidity <strong>and</strong> outdoor air temperature <strong>and</strong><br />

humidity. The mixing process <strong>for</strong> outdoor air (oa) with return air (ra) is shown as figure<br />

4.5.<br />

0.050<br />

Pressure = 101.3 [kPa]<br />

Humidity Ratio<br />

0.040<br />

0.030<br />

0.020<br />

0.010<br />

ra<br />

ma<br />

oa<br />

0.000<br />

10<br />

15 20 25 30 35 40 45<br />

T [°C]<br />

Figure 4.5 Outdoor air <strong>and</strong> return air mixing process<br />

T<br />

T<br />

ma<br />

oa<br />

− T<br />

− T<br />

ra<br />

ma<br />

W<br />

=<br />

W<br />

ma<br />

oa<br />

−W<br />

−W<br />

ra<br />

ma<br />

T , T , , W <strong>and</strong> W are knowns, from the above equation W is obtained <strong>and</strong><br />

ma<br />

ra<br />

Toa<br />

ra oa ma<br />

thus the state of ma is settled. However, there are some problems with this scheme.<br />

First, when T <strong>and</strong> T are equal (T should be equal to T <strong>and</strong> T ), the state of ma<br />

ra oa ma ra oa<br />

can not be determined, as depicted in figure 4.6.<br />

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