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Condition monitoring in HVAC subsystems using first principles models

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posted on 2009-07-23, 11:06 authored by Philip Haves, Timothy I. Salsbury, Jonathan WrightJonathan Wright
The paper describes a condition-monitoring scheme based on first principles models the scheme involves estimating the values of model parameters that are expected to change in the event of a fault. The first principles models are, in general, not linear in the parameters, and recursive estimation of the parameters of these models is avoided by estimating the parameters of an intermediate model that is linear in the parameters. This intermediate model, which takes the form of a radial basis function network, is used periodically to generate data covering the complete operating range of the system. These data are then used in the estimation of the parameters of the first principles model. The paper describes the techniques used and presents results from applying the method to the task of detecting two faults in the cooling coil subsystem of an air-handling unit.

History

School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Citation

HAVES, P., SALSBURY, T.I., and WRIGHT, J.A., 1996. Condition monitoring in HVAC subsystems using first principles models. ASHRAE Transactions, 102 (1), pp.519-527

Publisher

© American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publication date

1996

Notes

This is a journal article [© American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. 2005] (www.ashrae.org). Reprinted by permission from ASHRAE Transactions. This material may not be copied nor distributed in either paper or digital form without ASHRAE's permission.

ISSN

0001-2505

Language

  • en