Working fluid system monitoring based on heat exchanger parameters

A computer implemented method for determining a heat exchanger efficiency of a fluid that flows through a heat exchanger included in a working fluid system, comprising:

• monitoring in real-time a plurality of characteristics of a fluid on a flow path as the fluid flows through the flow path of a heat exchanger included in the working fluid system by a fluid monitoring device that is coupled to the heat exchanger, wherein the flow path is a path that the fluid flows through the heat exchanger and is monitored by the fluid monitoring device that is coupled to the heat exchanger as the fluid flows through the heat exchanger of the working fluid system;
• determining a fluid status in real-time that is associated with a plurality of heat exchanger parameters of the fluid as the fluid flows through the flow path of the heat exchanger that is determined from the plurality of heat exchanger parameters detected by the fluid monitoring device;
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• determining in real-time when the fluid status of the fluid indicates that a corrective action is to be executed to increase a quality of a fluid based on the heat exchanger parameters detected by the fluid monitoring device as the fluid flows through the heat exchanger, wherein degradation to components of the working fluid system increases as the fluid flows through the heat exchanger without the corrective action being executed to increase the quality of the fluid.