FORM 160.73-O2 (605)
11
YORK INTERNATIONAL
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FIG. 5 –  CHILLER STARTING SEQUENCE & SHUTDOWN SEQUENCE
  (VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE)
LD04130
CHILLER OPERATION
After the compressor reaches its operating speed, the 
Prerotation Vanes will begin to open under the control 
of the Microprocessor Board which senses the leaving 
chilled liquid temperature. The unit capacity will vary to 
maintain the leaving CHILLED  LIQUID  TEM PER A-
 TURE setpoint. The Prerotation Vanes are mod u lat ed 
by an actuator un der the control of the Mi cro pro ces sor 
Board. The vane control routine employs pro por tion al 
plus de riv a tive (rate) control action. A drop in chilled 
liquid tem per a ture will cause the actuator to close the 
Prerotation Vanes to de crease chiller ca pac i ty.  When 
the chilled liq uid tem per a ture  rises,  the  ac tu a tor  will 
open the Prerotation Vanes to increase the ca pac i ty  of 
the chiller.
However, the current draw (amperes) by the com pres sor 
motor cannot exceed the setting of the % CUR RENT 
LIM IT at any time during the unit operation, since the 
Microcomputer Control Center 40 to 100% three-phase 
peak current limit software function, plus the 3-phase 
100% solid state overload current limiter (CM-2), on 
Electro-Mechanical Starter applications, or the Solid 
State Starter current Limit function will over ride the 
tem per a ture  control  function  and  prevent  the  Pre rota tion 
Vanes from opening beyond the % CUR RENT LIMIT 
setting.
**   NOT FOR ALL SHUTDOWNS. REFER TO “DISPLAY MES-
 SAG ES” SECTION OF THIS MANUAL.
System Op er at ing Pro ce dures
If the load continues to decrease, after the Prerotation Vanes 
are entirely closed, the chiller will be shut down by the 
Leaving Chilled Liquid – Low Temperature Con trol.
CONDENSER WATER TEMPERATURE CON TROL
The YORK MaxE
TM
 chiller is designed to use less power 
by taking advantage of lower than design tem per a tures 
that are naturally produced by cooling tow ers through out 
the operating year. Exact control of con dens er  water 
such as a cooling tower bypass, is not nec es sary  for 
most installations. The chiller requires only that the 
minimum condenser water temperature be no lower 
than the value 
determined by referring to the for mu la  below:
where:
ECWT = Entering Condensing Water Temperature 
LCWT = Leaving Chilled Water Temperature
C Range = Condensing water temperature range at the  
       given load condition.
Min. ECWT = LCWT – C RANGE + 17ºF
Min. ECWT = LCWT – C RANGE + 9.4ºC