Fridgewatch 2100 Controller Mk4
Publication 3-58
Section 3
Page 4 of 152
Issue 1.1 : 01/08
Contents
Safety ........................................................................................................................................... 3
1.
About this Publication ................................................................................................9
1.1.
Safety Warnings and Symbols ............................................................................................... 9
1.2.
Units of Measurement ............................................................................................................ 9
1.3.
Terminology ............................................................................................................................ 9
1.4.
Ordering Extra Copies ............................................................................................................ 9
2.
Care and Protection of Fridgewatch ........................................................................10
2.1.
Anti-Static Precautions ......................................................................................................... 10
2.2.
Electrical Interference........................................................................................................... 11
2.3.
Prolonged Storage................................................................................................................ 11
3.
Personnel Permitted to Install, Commission and Maintain Fridgewatch ...................11
4.
General Description .................................................................................................12
4.1.
Construction.......................................................................................................................... 13
4.2.
Technical Data...................................................................................................................... 14
5.
Principles of Control.................................................................................................20
5.1.
Compressor Capacity Control .............................................................................................. 20
5.1.1.
HallScrew 2000 Series Compressors.............................................................................. 20
5.1.2.
HallScrew 2100 and 3100 Old Series Compressors....................................................... 20
5.1.3.
HallScrew 3100 New Series, 3200 and 4200 Series Compressors ............................... 21
5.2.
Proportional, Integral and Derivative (PID) Control ............................................................. 22
5.2.1.
Proportional Band ............................................................................................................ 22
5.2.2.
Integral Action Time ......................................................................................................... 24
5.2.3.
Derivative Action Time..................................................................................................... 24
5.2.4.
PID Control Set-up........................................................................................................... 24
5.3.
Basics of Starting and Stopping Compressors .................................................................... 25
5.4.
Set Point Deviation ............................................................................................................... 25
5.5.
Master/Slave Operation........................................................................................................ 26
5.5.1.
Starting the Master Compressor...................................................................................... 26
5.5.2.
Starting and Stopping the Slave Compressor ................................................................. 27
5.5.3.
Master/Slave Operation With a Fridgewatch 2100 Controller Controlling
More than One Compressor ............................................................................................ 27
5.6.
Starting and Stopping the First Compressor........................................................................ 27
5.7.
Compressor Running Order ................................................................................................. 28
5.8.
Capacity Control by Fridgewatch 2100 ................................................................................ 30
5.8.1.
Auto Capacity Control...................................................................................................... 30
5.8.2.
Manual Capacity Control ................................................................................................. 30
5.8.3.
Remote Capacity Control................................................................................................. 30
5.9.
Limiting Inputs ...................................................................................................................... 31
5.9.1.
Control Strategy for Limiting Inputs ................................................................................. 32
5.9.2.
Current Limiting................................................................................................................ 32
5.10.
Limiting on P4 Input.............................................................................................................. 32
6.
Installation ...............................................................................................................35
6.1.
Analogue Inputs for Sensing Start, Stop and Set Point Values........................................... 35
6.1.1.
Using Two Start, Stop and Set Point Values................................................................... 35
6.1.2.
Digital Outputs ................................................................................................................. 36
6.2.
Installing Transducers .......................................................................................................... 36
6.3.
Using Fridgewatch 2100 to Drive Relays............................................................................. 36
6.4.
Power Supply Connections (Lower Half of Enclosure)........................................................ 38
6.4.1.
Panel Heater .................................................................................................................... 38
6.5.
Wiring Connections to dc Circuits (Upper Half of Enclosure) .............................................. 38
6.5.1.
Opto-Electronic Liquid Sensor Interface Unit .................................................................. 39
6.5.2.
Connections to Economiser Solenoid Valves ................................................................. 39