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XT-70 Control Panel
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Using Exhaust & Intake Fans:
This will describe how to set the panel up when dealing with retrofit buildings, that do not
have fresh air doors. These buildings have roof vents where air is drawn in, goes down
through the pile and is exhausted out through the side walls with fans. These fans have VFD
to control the speed of the fans. The temperature control is achieved by speeding up and
slowing down the exhaust fans. When the exhaust fans reach a certain speed, there is the
option to turn on the intake fans to help supplement the roof vents.
For this type of control, the door config must be set to 4.
The door time is an adjustable parameter that will determine how fast the exhaust fans speed
up and slow down. Since there
are no actual fresh air doors, a
virtual door position is created us-
ing the Door Time parameter.
This parameter is in seconds and
is used to calculate the door position as shown on the
main screen. Normally, the door is positioned by pulsing
the open and closed relays. The door position can be
calculated by keeping track of the open and closed pulses. The Door Time parameter would
be the amount of time it would take the door to fully open. For this application, we use the
same calculations but without an actual door. Thus, the Door open position will represent the
virtual position from 0 to 100%. This percentage will then be outputted to the exhaust fans in
the exact percentage. Example - if the Door Open was reading 45%, the Exhaust fans
would be running at 45%. A problem occurs when the plenum temperature is below the tem-
perature setpoint and the PID continues to lower the fan speed to zero. During normal opera-
tion the exhaust fan should continue to run at a minimum speed.
The Cooling button is the Max fan speed.
The door position can go to 100%, but the
fan will go no higher than this percentage.
The MIN button on the left controls the
minimum speed of the fan when the Door
Open is zero. For example, if this is set at
20%, the exhaust fan can not slow down to
less than 20%.
The Timed button is the percentage at
which the intake fans will start. The Aux 1
switch needs to be in Auto for the intake fans to run.