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Brute
B
TM
RUTE. BOILERS AND VOLUME WATER HEATERS, 1,000 & 1,200 MBTU/h
In either kind of installation, a system sensor is
usually used to monitor the demand. The input from
this sensor is used to control the modulation rates of
the operating burners.
Table 11 – Master/Slave Assignments and Modbus Control Addresses
Boiler
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
9.1.2
Lead/Lag Modulation Cycle
Note - We will explain the modulation cycle here,
in case you need to understand how the Lead/Lag
system actually operates. If you are just installing
the unit(s) and want to skip this section, just
remember that, as the heating demand increases,
the Lead/Lag system puts more burners on-line.
As the heating demand is reduced, the Lead/Lag
system shuts off some of the burners.
A Run sequence is initiated when the system
temperature falls to the setpoint less the On
Hysteresis value. The default setting for On
Hysteresis is -5°F, but this is adjustable. The
setpoint used to initiate the Run sequence is the
Lead/Lag Central Heat setpoint.)
The Lead/Lag controller decides which burner is
assigned to start first. This assignment is rotated
across all of the available burners so that any one
burner does not run significantly longer than the
others. The Lead/Lag controller tracks the run
times for all of the available burners, and uses
this to calculate the starting order for the burners.
This means that each time the system starts up, a
different burner may start first. It also means that the
Primary burner on a particular boiler may start first
one time, and the Secondary burner for that boiler
may start first the next time.
When the Run sequence is initiated, the burner with
the least amount of runtime will fire. If the heating
demand increases so that the firing rate of that
first burner rises to 65% fan speed (the Base Load
value), the next burner in the sequence will start
Burner
Control
Position
Upper
Primary
Lower
Secondary
Upper
Primary
Lower
Secondary
Upper
Primary
Lower
Secondary
Upper
Primary
Lower
Secondary
Let's consider the following example:
Four Brute boilers are tied together via Modbus
connections. Here are the Master/Slave
assignments and the Modbus control addresses:
Master/Slave
Assignment
Lead/Lag Master,
also Slave 1
Slave 2
Slave 3
Slave 4
Slave 5
Slave 6
Slave 7
Slave 8
up and begin firing at 35% fan speed. After this,
both of the active burners will modulate up or down
together, in reaction to the changes in demand. See
Fig. 50.
If the system loop temperature rises above
the LL CH setpoint, then the two burners will
simultaneously drop their fan speeds. If both boilers
drop to their minimum fan speeds (29%), then the
second burner will drop out.
If the heating demand continues to increase, and the
system loop temperature continues to drop, then the
two burners will increase their fan speeds together.
When they reach 65%, the next burner in the
sequence will start up and be added to the group.
All three boilers will continue to fire simultaneously
at equal input rates.
If the modulation rate for all three burners drops
to the minimum fan speed (29%), the last burner
started will drop out. If the demand continues to
drop, the second burner started will also drop out.
If the system temperature reaches the LL CH
setpoint value plus the Off Hysteresis figure, all of
the burners will shut off. (The default setting for Off
Hysteresis is +5°F, but this is adjustable.)
If any of the boilers approaches its high limit
temperature, that boiler will modulate back to stay
below the high limit.
As the heating demand continues to change, the
Lead/Lag Master will continue to add, remove, or
modulate the additional boilers in the system.
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Modbus
Control
Address
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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