Danfoss ECL Comfort A368 User Manual

5.8Controlparameters
Controlofvalves
Themotorizedcontrolvalvesarecontrolledbymeansof3-point
controlsignal.
Valvecontrol:
Themotorizedcontrolvalveisopenedgraduallywhentheflow
temperatureislowerthanthedesiredflowtemperatureandvice
versa.
Thewaterflowthroughthecontrolvalveismanagedbymeans
ofanelectricactuator.Thecombination"actuator"and"control
valve"isalsocalledmotorizedcontrolvalve.Theactuatorcanin
thiswaygraduallyincreaseordecreasetheflowinordertochange
thesuppliedenergy.Differenttypesofactuatorsareavailable.
3-pointcontrolledactuator:
Theelectricactuatorcontainsareversiblegear-motor.Electric
"open"and"close"signalscomefromtheelectronicoutputsofthe
ECLComfortcontrollerinordertomanagethecontrolvalve.The
signalsareintheECLComfortcontrollerexpressedas"Arrow-up"
(open)and"Arrow-down"(close)anddisplayedatthevalvesymbol.
Whentheflowtemperature(forexampleatS3)islowerthanthe
desiredflowtemperature,shortopen-signalscomefromtheECL
Comfortcontrollerinordertograduallyincreasetheflow.Bythis,
theflowtemperaturewillalignwiththedesiredtemperature.
Oppositely,whentheflowtemperatureishigherthanthedesired
flowtemperature,shortclose-signalscomefromtheECLComfort
controllerinordertograduallyreducetheflow.Again,theflow
temperaturealignswiththedesiredtemperature.
Neitheropen-signalsnorclose-signalswillcomeaslongastheflow
temperaturecorrespondstothedesiredtemperature.
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Danfoss ECL Comfort A368 Specifications

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Brand	Danfoss
Model	ECL Comfort A368
Category	Controller
Language	English