170
YORK INTERNATIONAL
FORM 201.19-NM8 (804)
Micro Panel Contents
The minimum acceptable temperature is the Lower 
Range Limit and is calculated by subtracting the “-” 
Range from the Setpoint. The Lower Range Limit is 
the lowest ac cept able leaving temperature. The highest 
acceptable temperature is referred to as the Upper Range 
Limit and is calculated by adding the “+” Range to the 
Setpoint. The Upper Range Limit is the highest accept-
able leaving tem per a ture. For example, if the desired 
Setpoint temperature is 44.0°F (7°C) and the allowable 
deviation (+ / - Range) from this temperature is +/- 2.0°F 
(1°C), then the micro will attempt to control leaving 
chilled liquid tem per a tures to 42.0°F (6°C) to 46.0°F 
(8°C). This can be viewed pictorially as follows:
To assure that the chilled liquid leaving temperature 
stays within the Control Range, the micro will attempt 
to con trol the leaving temperature to the actual Set point 
tem per a ture. This is accomplished by analyzing the tem-
 
per a ture error and the rate of change to determine the 
amount of loading necessary to cool the chilled liq uid 
to the Setpoint Temperature. The amount of load ing is 
var ied by changing the amount of DC Voltage signal to 
the slide valve solenoid of each compressor.  Voltage 
increases with load (0 - approximately 9VDC at full 
load).
6. SETPOINTS KEYS & CHILLED LIQUID CONTROL
6.1  GENERAL
The microprocessor monitors leaving chilled liquid 
tem per a ture and adjusts the chiller cooling capacity to 
main tain this temperature within a programmed range. 
The capacity is controlled by switching compressors 
on or off, and by varying a load/unload voltage to 
each com pres sor slide valve to adjust the capacity of 
the com pres sors. The microprocessor controls chilled 
liquid tem per a ture through a combination of Fuzzy 
Logic con trol and internal timers. Fuzzy logic enables 
the micro to analyze the deviation from setpoint and 
the rate of change and determine the amount of loading 
and un load ing nec es sary to control to the desired chilled 
liq uid setpoint temperature. The micro also attempts to 
max i mize  ef fi cien cy by spreading the cooling load be-
 tween com pres sors, minimize compressor cycling, and 
op ti mal ly uti lize evaporator tube surface (maximize 
ef fi cien cy). This method of control is suitable for both 
wa ter and glycol cooling. Control setpoints can be pro-
 grammed into the chiller to establish the desired range 
of leaving chilled liquid operating temperatures. A de-
 scrip tion of the op er a tion and programming follows.
6.2  CHILLED LIQUID TEMPERATURE
 
CONTROL
The Setpoints keys are used to program the required 
chilled water liquid temperature for the application. 
This is accomplished by programming the “Setpoint” 
and the acceptable deviation (+ or - Range) This devia-
tion is simply called the “Control Range” and is best 
de scribed as the maximum acceptable + and - deviation 
from Setpoint.
44.0°F
(7°C)
SETPOINT
Tem p.
(User ac-
 cept able 
leaving 
chilled liq-
uid operat-
ing range)
CON TROL
RANGE
46.0°F
(8°C)
42.0°F
(6°C)
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