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A Simulation- Based Method to Analyze Fan Coil Unit Fault Impacts
ASHRAE TRANSACTIONS 2022, VOL 128, PT 2, Vol.128(2), pp.210-218
01 Jan 2022
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Abstract
Fan coil units (FCUs) are decentralized air-conditioning devices to locally condition zone air. In the U.S. and Europe, FCUs are widely deployed in diverse types of buildings such as offices, hotels, schools, and residential apartments because of their low cost and easy installation. The abnormal operation of FCUs due to faults or malfunctioning components may cause significant energy waste and degrading thermal comforts. However, faults occurring in FCUs have been seldom investigated. A systematic analysis of fault impacts of FCUs would enable a better understanding of fault impacts, an efficient development of fault diagnostics approaches, and an improvement of FCUs monitoring system design. In this paper, we used a FCU simulation model, which was developed in the HVACSIM+ environment from a previous study to evaluate FCU fault impacts. Five common faults with different intensities were simulated within a one-year time window to generate fault inclusive operation data. We employed a bottom-up fault impact analysis framework. Fault effects on multiple measurements were firstly evaluated to obtain fault symptom occurrence probability distributions which quantify measurements' sensitivities. Secondly, fault thermal comfort impact and fan power energy consumption impact were assessed. Lastly, the result from fault thermal comfort impacts and energy penalties was used to rank FCU faults.
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- Title
- A Simulation- Based Method to Analyze Fan Coil Unit Fault Impacts
- Creators
- Yimin Chen - Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Bldg Technol Urban Syst Div, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAZhelun Chen - Drexel UniversityGuanjing Lin - Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Bldg Technol Urban Syst Div, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAJin Wen - Drexel UniversityJessica Granderson - Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Bldg Technol Urban Syst Div, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAASHRAE
- Publication Details
- ASHRAE TRANSACTIONS 2022, VOL 128, PT 2, Vol.128(2), pp.210-218
- Series
- ASHRAE Transactions
- Publisher
- Amer Soc Heating, Refrigerating And Air-Conditioning Engs
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- DE-AC02-05CH11231 / Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, of the U.S. Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Identifiers
- 991021960648104721
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