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A Tool for Evaluating Fault Detection and Diagnostic Methods for Fan Coil Units

June 29, 2014
Author(s)
Shokouh Pourarian, Jin Wen, Daniel Veronica, Xiaohui Zhou, Ran Liu
Dynamic simulation software "tools" are needed for the research and development of improved methods for automatic control and automated fault detection and diagnosis of heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. These tools must generate data

Thermodynamic Performance Limits of the Vapor Compression Cycle

January 19, 2014
Author(s)
Piotr A. Domanski, J S. Brown, Jae H. Heo, Mark O. McLinden
This presentation discusses the thermodynamic performance limits of the vapor compression cycle. We have applied evolutionary algorithms to explore the performance of hypothetical refrigerants defined by the thermodynamic parameters used by the extended

Simulating Occupancy in The NIST Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility

November 21, 2013
Author(s)
Farhad Omar, Steven T. Bushby
The Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF), at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a research house that is comparable in size and aesthetic to the houses in the greater Washington DC metro

Benefits and Costs of Commissioning: A Case Study Analysis

October 29, 2013
Author(s)
Stanley W. Gilbert
Commissioning is a “quality assurance process for the design, construction and operation of buildings.” Specifically, Building Commissioning is a process of auditing buildings to help them operate with greater efficiency in accomplishing their intended

Programmers Guide to the Air-Handling Unit Performance Assessment Rule DLL

September 26, 2013
Author(s)
Michael A. Galler
The AHU Performance Assessment Rules (APAR) were developed in 2001 and have been implemented as part of a limited number of Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) tools. While a list of the rules has been widely available, an implementation of them that is

Nanofluids, Heat-Transfer Equipment and Plain-Vanilla

June 3, 2013
Author(s)
Mark A. Kedzierski
Nanoparticle materials can be very inexpensive and the technology for producing nanofluids is mature. The production of inks, paints, coatings, and suntan lotions is old enough to be a very competitive industry. So, nanofluids probably set the benchmark

Automatically Detecting Faulty Regulation in HVAC Controls

May 1, 2013
Author(s)
Daniel A. Veronica
A new method is introduced to automatically detect faulty regulation of temperatures, pressures, and flow rates within the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and equipment of buildings by using digital data typically available from
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