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The envelope control function is used to articially load the 
chiller and keep it running under low load conditions or to 
prevent surge conditions. Since this also reduces the 
performance of the machine, this is a user selectable option. 
There are 3 types of EC valve.
 - Continuous: A valve controlled by 2 contactors, one to 
open valve, the other to close valve. If both contractors 
are opened, the valve will hold its position. This kind of 
valve has  feedback signal of fully closed or fully opened.
 - On/Off: A valve controlled by only 1 contactor. It can’t hold 
its current position, and has no position feedback signal.
 - mA: A valve controlled by 4-20mA signal. It has the 
most precise control and feedback.
 - Envelope Control Valve operation will have three 
different modes when installed (hgbp_opt>0) and 
enabled (hgbp_sel>0). 
 - Envelope Control for surge correction
Most of the inputs to the function are required for determining 
the operating region for the compressor map. Each compressor 
has unique lift characteristics that can be plotted to determine 
performance. The controller will determine operating 
conditions that could result in surging of the compressor and 
activate the Envelope Control valve to prevent surge until 
the chillers operating parameters are in a safe area on the 
curve where the valve may be closed again. 
 - Envelope Control for low load operation
In this condition, envelope control valve will be opened to 
prevent a recycle shutdown from occurring. The envelope 
control valve will remain open until this minimal loading 
condition has passed and there is no surge condition present.
 - Combination for surge correction and low load operation
When this option is selected, both EC for surge correction 
and EC for Low Load Operation will be performed. Surge 
condition will take higher priority if both conditions are 
satised.
The economizer damper control is to maintain the pressure 
difference between Evaporator Pressure and Economizer 
Pressure. Pressure in economizer should be always kept 
higher than the pressure in evaporator.
If the Chiller Type (Conguration Menu – Factory Parameters) 
is congured to 19XR2~E/V/D and without this electrical 
damper valve, this function shall be bypassed.
When the chiller is initially powered ON, the damper valve 
will be commanded to close. When compressor shuts down, 
the damper valve will be commanded to close.
The damper valve shall be acted based on the following table:
 
Chiller initially Power ON Fully Close
Compressor shutdown Fully Close
During Damper Valve Act Delay Fully Close
Economizer Pressure > Evaporator 
Pressure + Damper Valve Open DB
Open
Economizer Pressure < Evaporator 
Pressure + Damper Valve Close DB
Close
Otherwise Keep the current position
Economizer Damper Control - 1
If the damper valve has been command to open for a 
continuous 5 minutes, and the Damper Valve Full Opened  
is still not TRUE, then control system should generate an 
alert 154.
If the damper valve has been command to close for a continuous 
5 minutes, and the Damper Valve Full Closed is still not TRUE, 
then control system should generate an alert 154.
If compressor is running and if economizer pressure becomes 
less than or equal to evaporator pressure, alarm 268 shall be 
tripped and compressor shall be shutdown.
For 19XRC improvement unit, there is vapor source damper 
which is controlled by a NC(normal closed when valve coil 
is deenergized) solenoid valve  and the pressure difference 
between damper cap and ow passage.
The SV is closed when chiller is not running, and keep closed 
until a delay period after chiller starts up(delay timer vssv_dly 
is congurable in CONF_OPT table). And after this timer is 
timeout, the SV should be energized.
The 19 Series PIC 5+ controls provide a feature for limiting 
AVERAGE LOAD CURRENT or Motor KILOWATTS by 
limiting capacity via guide vane control/VFD control. The 
limit applied is called ACTIVE DEMAND LIMIT, which is 
equal to a BASE DEMAND LIMIT value (set in the 
SETPOINT Screen, default value 100%), or be determined 
by AUTO DEMAND LIMIT INPUT (an optional 4-20 mA 
input, described below). ACTIVE DEMAND LIMIT may 
also be forced to be different from BASE DEMAND LIMIT 
by manually overriding the value (forcing) writing a value 
via a CCN network device. 
If the DEMAND LIMIT SOURCE exceeds the ACTIVE 
DEMAND LIMIT by 5% or less, capacity will be inhibited. 
If the DEMAND LIMIT SOURCE exceeds the ACTIVE 
DEMAND LIMIT by more than 5%, capacity will be 
decreased. 
Demand Limit Control Option — the demand limit control 
option (4-20 mA DEMAND LIMIT TYPE) is externally 
controlled by a 4 to 20 mA signal. The option is set up on the 
CONFIGURATION MENU/GENERAL 
CONFIGURATION screen. When enabled, 4 mA will set 
ACTIVE DEMAND LIMIT to 100% of the DEMAND 
LIMIT SOURCE (regardless of the value of BASE 
DEMAND LIMIT), and 20 mA will set ACTIVE DEMAND 
LIMIT to the value congured as “DEMAND LIMIT AT 
20 mA” in the CONFIGURATION MENU/SERVICE 
PARAMETERS screen.