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Why does the chiller evaporator freeze?
Oct 12, 2021
During the use of the chiller, sometimes
freezing occurs, and the chilled water malfunctions and alarms. The evaporator
is one of the four core components of the chiller, and its importance is
self-evident. Once it fails, the chiller will also go on strike. Today we will
talk about the more common evaporator failures, namely Icing, to analyze the
cause and find a solution. Why does the chiller freeze? How to eliminate the
icing failure of the evaporator?
1. Look at the type of chiller, whether it is a low-temperature Chiller machine or a room temperature chiller machine.
For low-temperature chillers, use
antifreeze instead of water. Such as Glycol.
A normal temperature chiller uses water for
circulation. The temperature of this chiller is generally set at 5 degrees. The
factory has set it before leaving the factory. Of course, you can set it
yourself. If the temperature is too low, it will freeze. If the temperature of
the medium and high temperature chiller is lower than 5 degrees without adding
antifreeze, it is easy to cause the evaporator to freeze and cause the chilled
water failure alarm.
2. See if the chiller is installed with a
temperature sensor
The temperature probe will work in
coordination with the control board. When the temperature is too low, the
temperature probe will tell the main board that the main board will sound an
alarm and stop automatically, so there will be no icing.
3. Insufficient refrigerant
During the use of the chiller, refrigerant
leakage or blockage will occur. After the refrigerant is reduced, the
evaporation pressure will be too low, causing the evaporator to freeze. The
location of the icing is sometimes in the evaporator. If the refrigerant leaks,
The method of elimination is to deal with the leaking part first, add enough
refrigerant, and the fault will be eliminated. If the expansion valve is
blocked, replace the expansion valve with a new one.
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