Design of a steady-state detector for fault detection and diagnosis of a residential air conditioner

Published

May 1, 2008

Author(s)

Minsung Kim, Seok H. Yoon, Piotr A. Domanski, William V. Payne

Abstract

This paper presents a general methodology for developing a steady-state detector for a vapor compression system based on a moving window and using standard deviations of seven measurements selected as features. The feature thresholds and optimized moving window size were based upon steady-state no-fault tests and startup transient tests. The study showed that evaporator superheat and condenser subcooling were sufficient for determining the onset of steady-state during the startup transient. However, they misidentified steadystate during indoor temperature change tests where evaporator saturation temperature and air temperature change across the evaporator were needed for proper steady-state identification. Hence, the paper recommends including all fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) features in the steady-state detector to ensure the robustness of the detector because different features may play key roles with different transients.

Citation

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volume

31

Issue

No. 5

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

detection, steady state, air conditioning, residential buildings, compressing, tests, methodology, windows, fault trees, refrigerants

Citation

Kim, M. , Yoon, S. , Domanski, P. and Payne, W. (2008), Design of a steady-state detector for fault detection and diagnosis of a residential air conditioner, International Journal of Refrigeration, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=861614 (Accessed October 14, 2025)