Condenser clogging detection method and system
AssigneeVERTIV INTERNATIONAL GmbH
InventorsBalint Takacs, Pierpaolo Barbato, Jan Perejda
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Abstract
A method for detecting condenser clogging for a cooling system may include determining a current state of the cooling system. The method may further include collecting a set of measurement data, where the set of measurement data may include at least one of pressure data, ambient air temperature data, condenser temperature data, humidity data, thermal image data, or normal camera image data. The method may further include analyzing the collected set of measurement data to detect whether a condenser of the cooling system is one of at least partially clogged or clean.
Claims20
A method for detecting condenser clogging for a cooling system, the method comprising:
- determining a current state of the cooling system;
- collecting a set of measurement data, the set of measurement data including at least one of pressure data, ambient air temperature data, condenser temperature data, humidity data, thermal image data, or normal camera image data;
- and
- analyzing the collected set of measurement data to detect whether a condenser of the cooling system is at least partially clogged or clean.
A cooling system comprising:
- a condenser;
- a condenser fan;
- an evaporator;
- an evaporator fan;
- one or more continuous monitoring sensors configured to continuously monitor a surface of the condenser;
- at least one of one or more temperature sensors, one or more pressure sensors, or one or more humidity sensors;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to at least the condenser, the one or more continuous monitoring sensors, and at least one of the one or more temperature sensors, the one or more pressure sensors, or the one or more humidity sensors, wherein the controller includes one or more processors including a set of program instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:
- determine a current state of the cooling system;
- collect a set of measurement data, the set of measurement data including at least one of pressure data from the one or more pressure sensors, ambient air temperature data from the one or more temperature sensors, condenser temperature data, humidity data from the one or more humidity sensors, thermal image data from the one or more continuous monitoring sensors, or normal camera image data from the one or more continuous monitoring sensors;
- and
- analyze the collected set of measurement data to detect whether the condenser of the cooling system is one of at least partially clogged or clean.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.