Refrigeration – With indicator or tester – Operatively correlated with automatic control
Patent
1985-09-18
1987-04-28
Tanner, Harry
Refrigeration
With indicator or tester
Operatively correlated with automatic control
62158, 62201, 364185, F25B 4900
Patent
active
046603867
ABSTRACT:
When sensors are employed to monitor the evaporator refrigerant pressure and the leaving chilled liquid temperature in an air conditioning system of the type having a liquid chiller, the sensor outputs will normally have a prescribed relationship with respect to each other as long as the sensors are functioning properly and regardless of the operating condition of the air conditioning system. By effectively comparing the output of one sensor relative to that of the other sensor, a faulty condition of either sensor may be detected. This is achieved by calculating the equivalent evaporator temperature, from the evaporator refrigerant pressure, and subtracting the equivalent temperature from the leaving chilled liquid temperature to obtain a difference temperature which is then compared to a predetermined known temperature range representing normal functioning of the two sensors. When one of the sensors is defective the difference temperature will fall outside of the range. If that occurs, a warning message that a faulty sensor has been detected is displayed to operating personnel and the air conditioning system's compressor is shut down as a safety precaution.
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Ginder Harold B.
Hansen John C.
Johnson Lloyd A.
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