Design of a remote monitoring and diagnostics platform for air conditioning installations

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dc.contributor.advisorSchuurmans, Harryen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorWilkinson, Dren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCohen, Gregen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T11:01:13Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T11:01:13Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 127-129).
dc.description.abstractFaults and inefficiencies in air conditioning installations account for between 2% and 11% of allenergy consumed by commercial buildings in the United States each year. Diagnostics systems havebeen proven to improve the performance of air conditioning plants but the high costs of purchasing,retrofitting and maintaining such a system results in limited market adoption of such systems.This thesis discusses the design, implementation and results of low-cost remote monitoring anddiagnostic platform for use in air conditioning installations. The design of the various hardwarecomponents is presented along with the structure of the framework developed for each device. The thesis also contains information regarding the selection, integration and installation of the various types of sensors required on the various installations. A specially-designed protocol was also developed to handle communication between the hardware devices. Both the physical configuration and details of the protocol structure are presented in detail in this thesis. The mechanism through which the device uploads data to a server is also described in this thesis and includes details on both the hardware and the server technologies used in the upload process. The system has been installed on two different sites in Cape Town, South Africa and has produced meaningful diagnostic information since November 2007.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCohen, G. (2008). <i>Design of a remote monitoring and diagnostics platform for air conditioning installations</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5264en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCohen, Greg. <i>"Design of a remote monitoring and diagnostics platform for air conditioning installations."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5264en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCohen, G. 2008. Design of a remote monitoring and diagnostics platform for air conditioning installations. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Cohen, Greg AB - Faults and inefficiencies in air conditioning installations account for between 2% and 11% of allenergy consumed by commercial buildings in the United States each year. Diagnostics systems havebeen proven to improve the performance of air conditioning plants but the high costs of purchasing,retrofitting and maintaining such a system results in limited market adoption of such systems.This thesis discusses the design, implementation and results of low-cost remote monitoring anddiagnostic platform for use in air conditioning installations. The design of the various hardwarecomponents is presented along with the structure of the framework developed for each device. The thesis also contains information regarding the selection, integration and installation of the various types of sensors required on the various installations. A specially-designed protocol was also developed to handle communication between the hardware devices. Both the physical configuration and details of the protocol structure are presented in detail in this thesis. The mechanism through which the device uploads data to a server is also described in this thesis and includes details on both the hardware and the server technologies used in the upload process. The system has been installed on two different sites in Cape Town, South Africa and has produced meaningful diagnostic information since November 2007. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Design of a remote monitoring and diagnostics platform for air conditioning installations TI - Design of a remote monitoring and diagnostics platform for air conditioning installations UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5264 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/5264
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCohen G. Design of a remote monitoring and diagnostics platform for air conditioning installations. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5264en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Electrical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherremote monitoringen_ZA
dc.subject.otherautomated diagnosticsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherair conditioningen_ZA
dc.titleDesign of a remote monitoring and diagnostics platform for air conditioning installationsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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