Open AccessInteraction Analysis Investigations of Multiple Supply Duct Split-type Air-conditioning units in an Open Space
Author(s) -
W. Widsonkun,
Denchai Woradechjumroen,
Supachai Vongbunyong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/501/1/012052
Subject(s) - duct (anatomy) , air conditioning , sizing , gas compressor , computer science , simulation , control theory (sociology) , real time computing , electrical engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , medicine , art , control (management) , pathology , artificial intelligence , visual arts
Oversizing has been seldom concerning in Thailand. However, oversizing causes short-term operations of an air-conditioning (AC) unit and excessive power consumptions. In addition, multiple operations of oversized AC units can be faulty operations when they are used to serve in an open space area because interaction among AC units are not considered before installations. This paper collects data operations of the multiple supply duct split-type air-conditioning (SAC) units used in an open space from additional sensors installed in zone and return temperature. Significant wireless sensors are added for measuring temperature effect among a interaction area between two SAC units. To measure the system variation caused by system interaction, runtime fraction (RTF) is used to quantify the compressor runtime ratio which equals to a stage-on time operation over the cycle time at an AC design condition. The results show that one of the four SAC units performs under-sizing instead of oversizing performance because it runs continuously without off cycling. To diagnose this issue, interactions between zone and return temperature are quantified in terms of correlation coefficient, which demonstrates that this SAC results in higher oversizing of the rest SAC units. This interaction analysis can be further used to design a soft-repair algorithm to reduce oversizing effect of the multiple SAC operations.