Analog Modulation Parameters - CleaverBrooks CFC Operation, Service & Parts Manual

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CB FALCON
Parameter
PWM frequency
Pulses per revolution
Fan gain up
Fan gain down
Speed up ramp
Slow down ramp
Fan min duty cycle

Analog Modulation Parameters

These parameters are used only when 4-20mA or 0-10V is selected for modulation output.
Parameter
Analog output hysteresis
750-265
Table 27. Fan Speed Modulation Parameters. (Continued)
1000Hz, 2000Hz, 3000Hz, 4000Hz,
This parameter provides the frequency used by the PWM output to control the fan.
0-10
Typically is the number of sensors that the fan contains.
0-100
This is the gain for speeding up the fan.
0-100
This is the gain for slowing down the fan.
RPM per second
Whenever the burner is firing, the fan will be commanded to increase its RPM no faster than
the rate provided by this parameter.
RPM per second
Whenever the burner is firing, the fan will be commanded to decrease its RPM no faster than
the rate provided by this parameter.
duty%
The fan modulation output will never send a duty cycle lower than this threshold, except for a
0% duty cycle to turn the fan off.
This can be used to limit the minimum PWM to a level that prevents stalling of the fan.
Table 28. Fan Speed Modulation Parameters.
n
This parameter adjusts the amount of hysteresis applied to the PID output when a non-PWM
modulation is selected. The "n" value determines how much the PID is required to change in
a new direction before the output will change.
This is somewhat experimental, although simulation shows this technique provides better
response and also better control of motor reversals than a deadband.
A typical range is 0 (disabled) to 10, although higher values are allowed. The amount of PID
change required to change direction is computed as:
n/10 * Pgain * P scaler
Background: The granularity of temperature measurement in the Falcon is 0.1C, which is
represented internally as an integer (e.g. C * 10). Thus if the temperature changes by the
smallest measurable amount (e.g. 1 count), the P term of the PID output will contribute a
change of 1*Pgain * P scaler, to the total PID output. The parameter thus allows some
fraction of this change to be the threshold for changing direction, e.g. "n" = 5 means0.5 or half
of this amount of change would be needed to change direction. If the Igain is zero then using
any value of "n" less than 10 makes no difference; however when Igain is non-zero it also
contributes to the PID output, so smaller amounts of hysteresis make sense. Experimentally,
values of between 5 to 10 seem to work well.
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