Ice-blockage  shall  cause  abnormal 
operation  of  system,  while  copper  oxide 
shall damage compressor.   
  Eliminating  the  non-condensable  gas  (air) 
in  system  to  prevent  the  components 
oxidizing, pressure fluctuation and bad heat 
exchange during the operation of system.   
 
14.6.2  Selection of vacuum pump 
  The  ultimate  vacuum  degree  of  vacuum 
pump shall be -756mmHg or above.   
  Precision  of  vacuum  pump  shall  reach 
0.02mmHg or above.   
 
14.6.3  Operation  procedure  for  vacuum 
drying 
Due  to  different  construction  environment,  two 
kinds of vacuum drying ways could be chosen, 
namely  ordinary  vacuum  drying  and  special 
vacuum drying. 
 
1  Ordinary vacuum drying 
  When conduct first vacuum drying, connect 
pressure  gauge  to  the  infusing  mouth  of 
gas pipe and liquid pipe, and keep vacuum 
pump running for 1hour (vacuum degree of 
vacuum  pump  shall  be  reached 
-755mmHg). 
  If  the  vacuum  degree  of  vacuum  pump 
could not reach -755mmHg after 1 hour of 
drying, it indicates that there is moisture or 
leakage in pipeline system and need to go 
on with drying for half an hour.   
  If the vacuum degree of vacuum pump still 
could not reach -755mmHg after 1.5 hours 
of  drying, check whether there  is  leakage 
source.   
  Leakage  test:  After  the  vacuum  degree 
reaches  -755mmHg,  stop  vacuum  drying 
and  keep  the  pressure  for  1  hour.  If  the 
indicator of vacuum gauge does not go up, 
it is  qualified. If  going  up,  it  indicates that 
there is moisture or leak source.   
 
2  Special vacuum drying 
The  special  vacuum  drying  method  shall  be 
adopted when:   
  Finding  moisture  during  flushing 
refrigerant pipe.   
  Conducting  construction  on  rainy  day, 
because  rain  water  might  penetrated  into 
pipeline.   
  Construction  period  is  long,  and  rain 
water might penetrated into pipeline. 
  Rain  water  might  penetrate  into  pipeline 
during construction. 
 
Procedures  of  special  vacuum  drying  are  as 
follows:   
  Vacuum drying for 1 hour. 
  Vacuum damage, filling nitrogen to reach 
0.5Kgf/cm2 .   
Because  nitrogen  is  dry  gas,  vacuum 
damage  could  achieve  the  effect  of 
vacuum drying, but this method could not 
achieve  drying  thoroughly  when  there  is 
too  much  moisture.  Therefore,  special 
attention  shall  be  drawn  to  prevent  the 
entering  of  water  and  the  formation  of 
condensate water. 
  Vacuum drying again for half an hour. 
If  the  pressure  reaches  -755mmHg,start 
to pressure leakage test. If it cannot reach 
the  value,  repeat  vacuum  damage  and 
vacuum drying again for 1 hour. 
  Leakage  test:  After  the  vacuum  degree 
reaches  -755mmHg,  stop  vacuum  drying 
and  keep  the  pressure  for  1  hour.  If  the 
indicator of vacuum gauge does not go up, 
it is  qualified. If  going  up, it  indicates that 
there is moisture or leak source.   
14.7 Additional refrigerant charge