Decoupling features and virtual sensors for diagnosis of faults in vapor compression air conditioners

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 546-564

  Li, Haorong ^a   Braun, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; Detection; Faults; Modelling; Process; Refrigerated equipment

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; SENSORS; VAPORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AIR CONDITIONERS; REFRIGERATED EQUIPMENTS; VAPOR COMPRESSION; VIRTUAL SENSORS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 33847224547     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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