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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (US);
Nayeff A. Najjar, Willington, CT (US);
Shalabh Gupta, Manchester, CT (US);
James Z. Hare, Coventry, CT (US);
Gregory R. Leaper, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Paul M. D'Orlando, Simsbury, CT (US);
Rhonda Walthall, Escondido, CA (US);
Krishna Pattipati, Storrs, CT (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method that determines whether a heat exchanger within a complex networked system is fouling is provided. The system and method includes training classifiers indicative of a plurality of fouling conditions associated with the heat exchanger and testing the classifiers with optimal sensor data from optimal sensors to determine whether the fouling is being experienced by the heat exchanger.