background image

EKC 316A 

Reference manual  RS8ED102  ©  Danfoss    03-2006 

11

There are three modes for operating the valve manually and are 
described in the following sections.

Operating the valve manually from the EKC 316A con-
troller

The opening degree of the ETS can be operated manually by 
setting parameter o18 to 1 and then setting parameter o45 to 
required opening degree from 0 to 100%
Note, relay outputs can also be checked using parameter o18 as 
shown in extract from manual. 

Manually operating the valve

Manual control of outputs

For service purposes the individual relay outputs and the ETS-output can be forced

However only when regulation has been stopped.

OFF:  No override

1:  Relay to the solenoid valve is ON.
2: Relay to the solenoid valve is OFF
3: Alarm relay is activated (connection established between terminals 12 and 13).

After 600 seconds the manual control will be interrupted, and the setting will return 

to ”0”.

In settings 1-3, ”o45” will become active and the ETS output can be set manually.

o18

Manual ctrl

Operating the valve manually by an extern analogue 
signal

The opening degree of the ETS valve can operated manually with 
0 to 20 mA or 4 to 20 mA external analogue signal connected 
to terminals 16 (-) and 17 (+) of the controller. This can be done 
by setting parameter o18 to 4 for 0 to 20 mA signal or 5 for 4 to 
20 mA signal. The analogue input 0 or 4 mA will correspond to a 
valve open of 0% and 20 mA will correspond to 100%. 
Note this is not shown in the manual.

Operating the valve manually by an extern analogue 
signal with MOP active

The opening degree of the ETS valve can operated manually with 
0 to 20 mA or 4 to 20 mA external analogue signal connected to 
terminals 16 (-) and 17 (+) of the controller in the same way as Sec-
tion 5.2. The difference is that the superheat controlling function is 
still with transmitter and sensors connected. The signal operating 
the ETS comes from the external signal or superheats controlling 
function and will always be controlled by the smallest value of 
these two sources

Input signal for reference displacement

Definition of function and signal range.

0:  No signal

1:  Displacement of temperature reference with 0-20 mA

2:  Displacement of temperature reference with 4-20 mA

3:  Displacement of superheat reference with 0-20 mA

4:  Displacement of superheat reference with 4-20 mA

5:  Forced control of valves opening degree with 0-20 mA

6:  Forced control of valves opening degree with 4-20 mA

(4 or 0 mA will not give a displacement. 20 mA will displace the reference by the value 

set in menu r06)

o10

AI A type

Summary of Contents for EKC 316A

Page 1: ...REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING Controller for operation of evaporator on water chiller EKC 316A Reference manual...

Page 2: ...an extern analogue signal 11 Operating the valve manually by an extern analogue signal with MOP active 11 Battery back up 13 Troubleshooting 13 Alarms 14 References 15 Installation The EKC 316A is nor...

Page 3: ...following checks can be made to the connec tion between the EKC316A controller and the stepper motor of the ETS valve 1 With the power o check that resistance between terminals 21 and 22 and terminal...

Page 4: ...essor o30 Refrigerant ETS Valve type Each ETS valve has a speci ed number of steps as given below Total steps ETS 50 2625 160 0 steps ETS 100 3530 160 0 steps ETS 250 and 400 3810 160 0 steps The para...

Page 5: ...n more capacity is required NO function n41 Valve type Menu Danfoss only Compensation direction 1 Compensation takes place when the valve opens normal setting 2 Compensation takes place when the valve...

Page 6: ...l opening degree dependant on the Kp factor the measured superheat SH and SH closes as given in the following relationship Initial OD kp factor SH SH close The regulation modes for controlling superhe...

Page 7: ...alve is that there are three settings to de ne the operating curve Problems of start up Sometimes in one to one applications the valve does not open su ciently on start up and troublesome low pressure...

Page 8: ...ontrol Refrigerant Temp S2 Superheat Ref SHref Superheat S2 S1 ETS Valve Evaporator Kp factor and Tn settings Instability cause by too much Proportional Gain can be corrected by reducing to value of t...

Page 9: ...Evaporator ETS Valve PI Control S3 S1 Kp factor and Tn settings KpT0 and Tn T0 settings The feedback of the inner loop is temperature di erence between media temperature S3 and S1 This value represen...

Page 10: ...wer response of the media temperature NOTE The settings Atten factor address n43 and Min Lim Ref address n45 should not be changed without the help of trained sta The S3 sensor has to be connected whe...

Page 11: ...signal connected to terminals 16 and 17 of the controller This can be done by setting parameter o18 to 4 for 0 to 20 mA signal or 5 for 4 to 20 mA signal The analogue input 0 or 4 mA will correspond...

Page 12: ...signal can be used when o10 is set to 6 When the sections 1 and 2 are active the function in section 2 will choose the lowest value of OD that comes from either sections 1 or the PI Control This mean...

Page 13: ...placed much higher than condenser outlet check pressure di er ence Evaporator superheat too high 1 Check superheat performance the set tings SH min and SH max 2 Check valve capacity 3 Check that the...

Page 14: ...terminals 8 9 Low Temperature alarm A2 Check ETS valve is full open and relay at terminals 8 9 No refrigerant selected A11 Select refrigerant Supply to stepper motor A43 Check connections from EKC316A...

Page 15: ...8ED102 Danfoss 03 2006 15 References 1 Controller for operation of evaporator on water chillers EKC316A Manual RS8CX502 2 Electrically operated expansion valves type ETS ETS Technical Lea et DKRCC PD...

Page 16: ...reserves the right to alter its products without notice This also applies to products already on order provided that such alternations can be made without subsequential changes being necessary in spec...

Reviews: