Revised 6/29/01, after Cincinnati meeting

TC 4.11, Smart Building Systems

**Research Plan and Activities**

# June 2001

# Current Research Projects

1043-RP - Fault Detection & Diagnostic Requirements & Evaluation Tools
for Chillers

1139-RP - Development and Comparison of On-line Model Training
Techniques for Model-Based FDD Methods Applied to Vapor Compression
Equipment

**Preliminary 2001-2002 Research Plan**

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| **P | **Project**          | **Con       | **Status**               |
| rio |                      | tributors** |                          |
| rit |                      |             |                          |
| y** |                      |             |                          |
+-----+----------------------+-------------+--------------------------+
| **1 | Evaluation and       | John House  | Approved in Minneapolis  |
| .** | Assessment of Fault  |             | 10-0-0 (CNV).            |
|     | Detection and        | Srinivas    |                          |
|     | Diagnostic Methods   | Katipamula  | Need to submit to RAC    |
|     | for Centrifugal      |             | AFTER Phase I (1043-RP)  |
|     | Chillers -- Phase II | Arthur      | is completed.            |
|     |                      | Dexter      |                          |
|     |                      |             | RTAR approved 9/00.      |
|     |                      | Osman Ahmed |                          |
|     |                      |             | No-cost extension to     |
|     |                      |             | 3/02; however, project   |
|     |                      |             | expected to be completed |
|     |                      |             | by 9/01.                 |
|     |                      |             |                          |
|     |                      |             | Submit WS to Seaton      |
|     |                      |             | before 9/15/01.          |
+-----+----------------------+-------------+--------------------------+
| **2 | Field Performance    | Todd Rossi  | Draft WS exists.         |
| .** | Assessment of        |             |                          |
|     | Package Equipment to | Mark        | RTAR rejected 9/00.      |
|     | Quantify the Need    | Breuker     |                          |
|     | for Monitoring, FDD, |             | Revised RTAR to be       |
|     | and Continuous       | Jim Braun   | submitted by 8/01/01 as  |
|     | Commissioning        |             | priority 1 RTAR for      |
|     |                      |             | 2001.                    |
|     |                      |             |                          |
|     |                      |             | Todd Rossi and Dave      |
|     |                      |             | Shipley will assess      |
|     |                      |             | number of units          |
|     |                      |             | necessary for            |
|     |                      |             | statistical significance |
|     |                      |             | and revise WS scope and  |
|     |                      |             | budget accordingly.      |
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| **3 | Method of Testing    | John House  | RTAR to be submitted by  |
| .** | FDD Tools for AHU's  |             | 8/01/01 as TC 4.11       |
|     | (Was "Benchmarking   | Les Norford | priority 2 RTAR for      |
|     | of FDD Tools for     |             | 2001. WS to be prepared  |
|     | AHUs")               | Mike        | for Atlantic City        |
|     |                      | Brambley    | subject to approval of   |
|     |                      |             | RTAR.                    |
|     |                      | Phil Haves  |                          |
|     |                      |             |                          |
|     |                      | Chariti     |                          |
|     |                      | Young       |                          |
|     |                      |             |                          |
|     |                      | Andrew      |                          |
|     |                      | Price       |                          |
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| **4 | Smart Sensor Systems | Arthur      | Two page Issues Paper    |
| .** | for Reducing Bias    | Dexter      | handed out by Phil Haves |
|     | Errors in the        |             | in Minneapolis.          |
|     | Measurement of Air   | Phil Haves  |                          |
|     | Temperatures and     |             | Revised two page         |
|     | Flows in             |             | write-up distributed by  |
|     | Air-handling Units   |             | Arthur Dexter in         |
|     | (Was "Development of |             | Atlanta. Arthur will     |
|     | Fault Detection and  |             | revise to focus on a     |
|     | Diagnostics for      |             | particular application.  |
|     | Sensor Failures")    |             |                          |
|     |                      |             | Arthur has been asked to |
|     |                      |             | expand this to a WS for  |
|     |                      |             | Atlantic City.           |
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| **5 | Design of            | Michael     | RTAR exists.             |
| .** | Self-Configuration   | Ki          |                          |
|     | Concepts for an HVAC | ntner-Meyer |                          |
|     | Control System       |             |                          |
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| **6 | Prototyping and      | Michael     | SSPC 135 has reviewed    |
| .** | Field Testing of     | Ki          | the WS and set up a      |
|     | Utility -- Consumer  | ntner-Meyer | utility/building         |
|     | Information Services |             | interface working group. |
|     |                      | Marty Burns | This group will work     |
|     |                      |             | with TC 4.11 to identify |
|     |                      | Chuck       | research needs in this   |
|     |                      | McParland   | area.                    |
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| **7 | Resolving            | Mike        | Mike Brambley scaled     |
| .** | Discrepancies        | Brambley    | back scope and           |
|     | Between Multiple,    |             | distributed a revised WS |
|     | Hie                  | Todd Rossi  | in Atlanta.              |
|     | rarchically-Related, |             |                          |
|     | Fault Detection and  |             | TES thought "looked      |
|     | Diagnostic Systems   |             | good".                   |
|     |                      |             |                          |
|     |                      |             | Need to submit revised   |
|     |                      |             | RTAR.                    |
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