An overall performance index for characterizing the economic impact of faults in direct expansion cooling equipment

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-310

  Li, Haorong ^a   Braun, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Cooling system; Detection; Fault; Process

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPANSION;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE (COP); ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION INDEX (EPDI); FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS (FDD); SENSIBLE HEAT RATIO (SHR);

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 33846262435     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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