Evaporators
Water Manifold and
Distributors
Reservoir
Water Pump
Drain
Inlet Water Valve
WATER SYSTEM SCHEMATIC
WATER SYSTEM OPERATION
A fixed charge of water is brought into the reservoir
during the harvest cycle.
A water pump, running continuously, forces the
water to the top of the evaporators, where it is
distributed through manifolds, and then cascades
down the evaporator surface by gravity.
As it flows across the refrigerated evaporators,
some of the water will be chilled enough to change
form, turn to ice and stay frozen to the evaporator.
Most of the water returns to the reservoir, to be
sucked back into the pump and re-pumped over
the evaporators.
Water is forced over the evaporators during the
freeze cycle to be changed into ice, and during the
harvest cycle to assist the release of the ice.
CME855A & CME1000A
December, 1994
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