A damper controller may be configured to send damper control commands to open and close an outdoor air damper to provide free cooling as necessary to satisfy a temperature setpoint inside the building. In some cases, the damper controller may initiate a damper fault test to determine if a damper fau
A damper controller may be configured to send damper control commands to open and close an outdoor air damper to provide free cooling as necessary to satisfy a temperature setpoint inside the building. In some cases, the damper controller may initiate a damper fault test to determine if a damper fault is present. The damper fault test may be based, at least in part, on an outdoor air temperature input, a discharge air temperature input, a commanded damper position, and a damper fault temperature threshold. If a damper fault is determined, the damper controller may send an alert indicative of a detected damper fault. In some cases, the damper fault test results may be weighted to reduce the false positives alerts.
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1. A Demand Control Ventilation and Economizer system for a building, comprising: a return air inlet, an outdoor air inlet and a discharge air outlet;an outdoor air damper for controlling air flow through the outdoor air inlet;a damper actuator operatively coupled to the outdoor air damper;one or mo
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A Demand Control Ventilation and Economizer system for a building, comprising: a return air inlet, an outdoor air inlet and a discharge air outlet;an outdoor air damper for controlling air flow through the outdoor air inlet;a damper actuator operatively coupled to the outdoor air damper;one or more sensors including a discharge air temperature sensor for sensing the discharge air temperature of air passing through the discharge air outlet and an outdoor air temperature sensor for sensing the outdoor air temperature;a controller operatively coupled to the damper actuator and the one or more sensors, the controller configured to provide a damper control signal to the damper actuator to direct the outdoor air damper to a commanded damper position such that a desired flow of outside air is drawn through the outdoor air inlet;the controller is programmed to initiate a damper fault test to determine if a damper fault is present, the damper fault test is based, at least in part, on the outdoor air temperature, the discharge air temperature, the commanded damper position, and a damper fault temperature threshold; anda user interface including a display, wherein if a damper fault is detected by the damper fault test, the controller is configured to display on the display an alert indicative of a detected damper fault. 2. The Demand Control ventilation and Economizer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors further includes a return air temperature sensor for sensing a return air temperature of air passing through the return air inlet. 3. The Demand Control Ventilation and Economizer system of claim 1, wherein the controller performs a plurality of damper fault tests, and wherein the controller is configured to display the alert indicative of a detected damper fault only after the number of damper fault tests that detect a damper fault weighted by a first weight, exceeds by a predetermined amount, the number of damper fault tests that do not detect a damper fault weighted by a second weight. 4. The Demand Control Ventilation and Economizer system of claim 3, wherein the second weight is greater than the first weight. 5. The Demand Control Ventilation and Economizer system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to not initiate the damper fault test when the outdoor air temperature is not different from the discharge air temperature by at least the predetermined amount. 6. The Demand Control ventilation and Economizer system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to open and close the outdoor air damper to provide free cooling as necessary to satisfy a temperature setpoint inside the building, and wherein the controller is configured to initiate the damper fault test before opening the outdoor air damper to provide free cooling to satisfy a temperature setpoint. 7. The Demand Control ventilation and Economizer system of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to store a sensed discharge air temperature before opening the outdoor air damper to provide free cooling to satisfy a temperature setpoint, and the damper fault test is configured to determine that a damper fault is present if the stored discharge air temperature minus a predetermined dead band is not greater than the discharge air temperature sensed after the outdoor air damper is opened to provide free cooling. 8. The Demand Control ventilation and Economizer system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to open and close the outdoor air damper to provide free cooling as necessary to satisfy a temperature setpoint inside of the building, and wherein the controller is configured to initiate the damper fault test before closing the outdoor air damper after providing free cooling to the building. 9. The Demand Control ventilation and Economizer system of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to store a sensed discharge air temperature before closing the outdoor air damper, and the damper fault test is configured to determine that a damper fault is present if the stored discharge air temperature plus a predetermined dead band is not less than the discharge air temperature sensed after the outdoor air damper is closed. 10. A controller for a Demand Control Ventilation and Economizer system for a building, the Demand Control Ventilation and Economizer system including a return air inlet, an outdoor air inlet and a discharge air outlet, with an outdoor air damper for controlling air flow through the outdoor air inlet, the controller comprising: a memory for storing a control algorithm for controlling the Demand Control Ventilation and Economizer system: anda processor operatively coupled to the memory for executing the control algorithm, the processor programmed to: send damper control commands to open and close the outdoor air damper to commanded positions to provide free cooling as necessary to satisfy a temperature setpoint inside the building;initiate a damper fault test to look for a damper fault, the damper fault test is based, at least in part, on an outdoor air temperature input, a discharge air temperature input, a commanded damper position, and a damper fault temperature threshold; and send an alert indicative of a detected damper fault. 11. The controller of claim 10, wherein the damper fault test is initiated when the controller sends a damper control command to open the outdoor air damper to provide free cooling to satisfy a temperature setpoint inside the building. 12. The controller of claim 10, wherein the damper fault test is initiated when the controller sends a damper control command to close the outdoor air damper after providing free cooling to satisfy a temperature setpoint inside the building. 13. The controller of claim 10, further comprising displaying the alert indicative of the detected damper fault on a display. 14. The controller of claim 10, wherein the controller initiates a plurality of damper fault tests over time, and sends the alert indicative of the detected damper fault if the number of damper fault tests that indicate a damper fault exceed the number of damper fault tests that do not indicate a damper fault. 15. The controller of claim 10, wherein the controller initiates a plurality of damper fault tests over time, and sends the alert indicative of the detected damper fault if the number of damper fault tests that indicate a damper fault, weighted by a first weight, exceed by a predetermined amount the number of damper fault tests that do not indicate a damper fault, weighted by a second weight.
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