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5 Normal Operation Control 
5.1 Component Control During Normal Operation 
Table 3-5.1: Component control during normal cooling operation 
Control functions and states 
Controlled according to load requirement 
Controlled according to discharge pressure 
Electronic expansion valve A 
Position  (steps)  from  0  (fully  closed)  to  480  (fully 
open),  controlled  according  to  discharge 
temperature 
Electronic expansion valve B 
Solenoid valve (liquid refrigerant injection) 
Only open if discharge temperature > 100
o
C 
Solenoid valve (oil balance) 
Solenoid valve (fast defrosting) 
 
Table 3-5.2: Component control during heating operation 
Control functions and states 
Controlled according to load requirement 
Controlled according to outdoor heat exchanger pipe 
temperature 
Electronic expansion valve A 
Position  (steps)  from  0  (fully  closed)  to  480  (fully 
open), controlled according to discharge superheat 
Electronic expansion valve B 
Solenoid valve (liquid refrigerant injection) 
Only open if discharge temperature > 100
o
C 
Solenoid valve (oil balance) 
Solenoid valve (fast defrosting) 
Open during defrosting operation 
 
5.2 Compressor Output Control 
The compressor rotation speed is controlled according to the load requirement. Before compressor startup, the outdoor 
units first estimate the indoor unit load requirement according to the nominal capacity of indoor units currently running, 
and then correct for ambient temperature. The compressors then start up according to the corrected load requirement.   
 
During operation the compressors are controlled according to the nominal capacity of indoor units currently running and 
the indoor unit heat exchanger temperatures. If the actual load requirement can be provided by one unit alone, then only 
one unit starts up. If the actual load requirement requires all outdoor unit modules to operate, the weighted average 
actual  load  requirement  is  sent  to  each  module  and  each  module  operates  according  to  this  distributed  load 
requirement.