
Application manual
KNX room temperature controller EK-EQ2-TP
Release 3.00 - Updating: 27/06/2017
Application Manual
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9.1.1.4
Fan-coil with ON-OFF fan speed control
This type of fan-coil control is similar to the 2 points control with hysteresis analyzed in the previous section:
the fan speed is activated / deactivated according to the difference between the desired temperature (T
set
)
and the measured temperature (T
room
). The relevant difference with the 2 points algorithm with hysteresis is
that, in this case, there is not a single stage on which the hysteresis loop is executed, by setting the
thresholds for switching on and off of the speed, but three stages may exist (depending on the speed levels
of the fan-coil). This means that a speed level corresponds to each stage and when the difference between
the measured temperature and the desired temperature causes the activation of a further speed, before
activating the new speed, the other two must be turned off to avoid any damage to the fan motor.
The figure in the in the upper left graph refers to the speed control of the fan-coil with three operating stages
as regards the heating. Looking at the graph, it has to be noted that for each stage there is a hysteresis loop,
as well as at any speed are assigned two thresholds which determine the activation and deactivation. The
thresholds are determined by the values set in the application program and can be summarized as follows:
Speed 1 (1st stage) – The speed is turned ON when the value of the room temperature is lower than the
value (T
Set
– Threshold Speed1 – hysteresis) and turned OFF when the room temperature value reaches
the value (T
Set
– Threshold Speed1); the first speed is also switched OFF when a higher speed must be
turned ON. The default value for the parameter Threshold Speed1 = 0 K
Speed 2 (2nd stage) – The speed is turned ON when the value of the room temperature is lower than the
value (T
Set
– Threshold Speed2 – hysteresis) and turned OFF when the room temperature value reaches
the value (T
Set
– Threshold Speed2); the second speed is also switched OFF when Speed3 must be
turned ON.
Speed 3 (3rd stage) – The speed is turned ON when the value of the room temperature is lower than the
value (T
Set
– Threshold Speed3 – hysteresis) and turned OFF when the room temperature value reaches
the value (T
Set
– Threshold Speed3)
Speed1
Tset
Speed2
Speed3
Hysteresis
T room
Tset
T room
Hysteresis
OFF
Speed1
Speed2
Speed3
OFF
Threshold Speed1
Threshold Speed2
Threshold Speed3
(T set
– T room)
Threshold Speed1
Threshold Speed2
Threshold Speed3
(T room
– T set)
T room
OFF
ON
Tset
Thysteresis
T room
OFF
ON
Tset
Thysteresis