OPERATION: Refrigeration
The remote high side supplies high
pressure liquid refrigerant to the
liquid line connection on the ice
machine. After the sight glass, there
is a liquid line leading to a liquid line
valve. When the ice level sensor
causes the circuit board to energize
the liquid line valve, the valve
opens, allowing the liquid refrigerant
to enter the expansion valve. The
thermostatic expansion valve
meters the liquid refrigerant into the
evaporator, where it boils off
(evaporates) and absorbs heat. It
then moves through the ball valve
and into the evaporator pressure
regulator valve, or EPR. The EPR
keeps the evaporator pressure
above a predetermined point, even
though the suction line pressure of
the remote high side system may
vary. The refrigerant, now a low
pressure gas, moves into the
suction line of the remote high side
system.
LIQUID
LINE
SIGHT GLASS
HAND VALVE
LIQUID LINE
VALVE
THERMO VALVE
EVAPORATOR
BALL VALVE
EPR VALVE
SUCTION LINE
Single System RL
January 1997
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