
VLT
®
6000 HVAC
23MG.60.B1.02 - VLT is a registered Danfoss trademark
Introduction to
HVAC
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■ Secondary pumps
Secondary pumps in a primary/secondary chilled
water pumping system are used to distribute the
chilled water to the loads from the primary production
loop. The primary/secondary pumping system is used
to hydronically decouple one piping loop from
another. In this case. The primary pump is used to
maintain a constant flow through the chillers while
allowing the secondary pumps to vary in flow,
increase control and save energy.
If the primary/secondary design concept is not used
and a variable volume system is designed, when the
flow rate drops far enough or too quickly, the chiller
cannot shed its load properly. The chiller’s low
evaporator temperature safety then trips the chiller
requiring a manual reset. This situation is common in
large installations especially when two or more chillers
in parallel are installed.
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■ The new standard
While the primary-secondary system with two-way
valves improves energy savings and eases system
control problems, the true energy savings and con-
trol potential is realized by adding VLT frequency
converters.
With the proper sensor location, the addition of VLT
frequency converters allows the pumps to vary their
speed to follow the system curve instead of the pump
curve.
This results in the elimination of wasted energy and
eliminates most of the over-pressurization the two-
way valves can be subjected too.
As the monitored loads are satisfied, the loads two-
way valves close down. This increases the differential
pressure measured across the load and two-way
valve. As this differential pressure starts to rise, the
pump is slowed to maintain the control head also
called setpoint value. This setpoint value is calculated
by summing the pressure drop of the load and two
way valve together under design conditions.
NB!
Please note that when running multiple
pumps in parallel, they must run at the same
speed to maximize energy savings, either with
individual dedicated drives or one drive running
multiple pumps in parallel.
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