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Carel optiMist User Manual

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READ CAREFULLY IN THE TEXT!
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E n e r g y
S a v i n g s
NO POWER
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CABLES
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User manual NO POWER & SIGNAL CABLES TOGETHER READ CAREFULLY IN THE TEXT! I n t e g r a t e d C o n t r o l S o l u t i o n s &...
  • Page 3 The technical specifi cations shown in the manual may be changed without prior warning. The liability of CAREL Industries in relation to its products is specifi ed in the CAREL The CAREL Industries humidifi ers are advanced products, whose operation is Industries general contract conditions, available on the website www.carel.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Content INTRODUCTION AND MOUNTING optiMist description ..................7 Components of the system ..............7 Confi guration of the optiMist system..........7 Dimensions and weights ................8 Components .....................9 Electrical specifi cations ................10 Opening the packaging ................10 Positioning the cabinet ................10 Wall mounting....................10 1.10 Opening the cabinet door ................11 1.11...
  • Page 6 8.10 Main menu ......................30 8.11 User menu ......................33 8.12 Installer menu....................34 8.13 Maintenance menu..................36 TABLE OF ALARMS WIRING DIAGRAMS 10.1 optiMist wiring diagram................40 STARTUP 11.1 Startup ........................41 MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT PARTS 42 12.1 Maintenance procedures ................42 12.2 Replacement parts ..................42...

  • Page 7: Introduction And Mounting

    Besides humidifi cation of the air in the winter, signal; optiMist can be used in the summer to cool the discharged air in the • water treatment system: typically this is a reverse osmosis demineraliser summer before it enters a heat recovery unit.

  • Page 8: Dimensions And Weights

    Installation: wall-mounted • IP20 • operating conditions: 5 to 40 °C (34 to 104 °F) <80 % RH non-condensing • storage conditions: 5 to 50 °C (34 to 122 °F) <80 % RH non-condensing “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 9: Components

    7. Solenoid valve step 2 8. Pressure probe 9. Cabinet drain valve 10. Filter case 11. Filter cartdige 12. Pressure reducer 13. Fill solenoid valve 14. Pressure switch 15. Manometer 16. Filter drain Fig. 1.f “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 10: Electrical Specifi Cations

    5 meters if mechanical solenoid valves are used; for larger distances, contact CAREL INDUSTRIES. Positioning procedure: • after opening the packaging: • position the cabinet in the fi nal position; • position the cabinet horizontally. “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 11: Opening The Cabinet Door

    (inside the cabinet); • cable glands for the electrical connections; • tool for opening the water filter casing; • wall fi t brackets; • ferrite (see par. 3.4); • user manual. Fig. 1.j Fig. 1.k “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 12: Water Connections

    Fig. 2.a Connect an expansion tank (not supplied by CAREL SpA) with a capacity N.B.: for direct connection to the mains water supply use pipes of at least 5 litres, upstream from the cabinet in order to prevent water and fi...

  • Page 13: Type Of Supply Water

    In this case, in order to limit the aggressiveness of softened water, a minimum hardness no less than 3°f should be ensured. Note 2: Carel recommends using mains water only if it has a hardness of less than 16°f or a conductivity of less than 400μS/cm.

  • Page 14: Electrical Connections

    J3 B5 AUX temperature probe (only NTC or PT100) Fig. 3.d J4 Y1 0-10V signal output for controlling another cabinet J6 B6 Main evaporative cooling/summer (IEC) control probe Cabinet B7 Evaporative cooling/summer (IEC) limit probe NO (OFF) /NC (ON) Tab. 3.a “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...
  • Page 15 Starting up damper ON/OFF and limit fl ow signal (control CF) For evaporative cooling / indirect humidifcation (IEC) Fig. 3.h Fig. 3.k Key: IEC fan / damper modulating signal “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 16: Modulating Control Signal

    Per raff rescamento evaporativo (IEC) Collegamenti: Cabinet optiMist External controller +(G) Reference, Shield out H/T Fig. 3.o Key: humidity/temperature limit probe external controller Connections: Cabinet optiMist External controller Ambient humidity probe OUT H/T +Vdc +(G) Reference, shield “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 17: Discharge Solenoid Valve Connection For Distribution (Optional)

    H Fig. 3.r Key: humidity/temperature limit probe; humidity probe . CONNECTIONS Cabinet optiMist Humidity sensor Ambient humidity probe Fig. 3.v OUT H OUT H/T Cabinet +Vdc +(G) ROEN NO (OFF) /NC (ON) Reference, shield “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 18: Cumulative Alarm Relay (J15)

    N.B.: the unit is supplied with a jumper on ROAL-G0 terminals The HBT control allows the activation of the backup cabinet keeping controlled the heartbeat (digital output HBT) of the main Optimist. Wiring the digital contact HBT with the BKUP input of the backup cabin, the backup function check if the heartbeat is active (BKUP contact closed).

  • Page 19: Supervisor Network

    Fig. 3.ab Optional CAREL cards network/card protocol supported PCOS004850 RS485 (stand.)- CAREL, Modbus® PCO100MDM0 RS232 (external modem) CAREL for remote connections TCP/IP SNMP v1 &v2c PCO1000WB0 Ethernet™ BACnet™ Ethernet™ ISO8802-2/8802-3 BACnet/IP PCO1000BA0 Ethernet™...
  • Page 20 5=4-20 mA; 6=0-135 ohm; 7=135-1k ohm ) Reg_Superv_Value HUMIDIFICATION: 0-1000 request by supervisor (active only if regulation 1000 by supervisor enabled) Reg_EC_Superv_Value I.E.C.: 0-1000 request by supervisor (active only if regulation by supervisor 1000 enabled) “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...
  • Page 21 HUMIDIFICATION: high/low humidty and high/low limit temperature/ umidity alarm delay Delay_Al_min_EC I.E.C.: high/low temperature and high/low limit temperature/umidity alarm delay Humiset_Check_App_Ver SW version ( X.Y = XY) [E.g.:1.0B23 -->10] Humiset_Beta_App_Ver BETA sw release [0=Offi cial, n°>0=Beta version n°] Tab. 3.e “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 22: Pumping Units

    Based on the fl ow-rate of water to be atomised, optiMist will activate the number of nozzles that ensures the pressure is within the range indicated above.

  • Page 23: Distribution System

    The corner brackets are equipped with holes for mounting in the pipe. for compression fi ttings. Please Note: IF THE optiMist IS USED AS A CHILLBOOSTER AND WITH Compression fi ttings for pipes from 20mm and fi tting from G1/2f.
  • Page 24 Please note that the installation of a properly drained droplet collection tray is always necessary for the rack, the droplet evaporation chamber and the droplet separator. The tray is not supplied by CAREL. “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 25: Applications

    Fig. 6.a Key: optiMist for AHU/ducts is suitable for all applications in which the air can pumping unit and zone controller for be humidifi ed and/or cooled evaporativeally, atomising demineralised humidifi cation in winter; water. Below are some possible applications of optiMist: pressurised water line •...

  • Page 26: Control

    This is the typical confi guration used in optiMist installations minimum production connected to a Building Management System that generates a control proportional band signal;...

  • Page 27: Evaporative Cooling

    TF CONTROL (T + air fl ow/fl ow-rate limit) 7.2 Evaporative Cooling If optiMist is used as an application dedicated to evaporative cooling, the This type of control is used to modulate the capacity (water fl ow-rate) possible controls are: with a temperature control probe and an air fl...

  • Page 28: Humidifi Cation + Evaporative Cooling

    Band Fig. 7.g 7.3 Humidifi cation + Evaporative Cooling The optiMist humidifi er provides the ability to confi gure the outlet humidity control and the indirect evaporative cooling contribution control at the same time. ATTENTION: the operation of the two zones is mutually exclusive;...

  • Page 29: Starting And User Interface

    FILLING / WASHING / OPERATING > Access to the Wizard section will then be possible through the Installer Menu - Wizard, or when the machine is restarted (if the option “Show Wizard at start-up” has not been disabled). “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 30: Info" Screens

    • ESC: to go back (pressed more than once returns to the “Main” screen) Whenever the optiMist humidifi er is confi gured to control the section dedicated to Evaporative Cooling (IEC) and the heat recovery activation is giving by an analog signal, the value of that signal will be shown in screen Info 3/3.
  • Page 31 1. Config. Inputs 7/8 EVAPORATIVE COOLING Control Temperature P Factor Integral time 1. Config. Inputs 8/8 Aux probe Signal Type Offset 2. Distribution system Steps: Nominal (HUM) (note i) Nominal (IEC) Min production Hum. Min production I.E.C. “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...
  • Page 32 Analog and digital output writing 5. System status info Machine status 6. Hour gauge Pump hours Total hours Reset pump hours Reset data 7. Alarm history No. xxx hour date Alarm message Tab. 8.h “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 33: User Menu

    Submenu: 3. Enable scheduler Display Description Range Def. UoM Enable scheduler Scheduler ON/ Enable scheduler NO/YES NO Delay schedu- Temporarily shut down the optiMist 0…999 0 ler: which will restart after ____ minutes Tab. 8.l “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 34: Installer Menu

    Display Description Range Def. UoM Tab. 8.u WATER SUPPLY 2/2 TEST PRESS. INLET Check time Water presence verifi cation duration 0…999 15 Retries Delay before the next verifi cation 0…999 15 every Tab. 8.q “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...
  • Page 35 -20…70°C °C-°F Tab. 8.x Submenu: 2. Zone Menu - 3. Special functions optiMist’s operation as an evaporative cooling (IEC) system requires the indication of the activation of heat recovery. The next screen is dedicated Display Description Range Def.

  • Page 36: Maintenance Menu

    In this section, which can be accessed on start-up or through the Installer menu, the fundamental machine start-up parameters can be set. The screens in this section, recall the parameter settings mainly covered in the sections “Input confi guration” and “Distribution System” shown previously. “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...
  • Page 37 Submenu: 7. Alarm history Display Description Range Def. UoM ALARM HISTORY No. xxx hour Succession of screens containing date the progressive number of alarms detected, the hour and date saved. Alarm message Tab. 8.ar “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 38: Table Of Alarms

    Auxiliary probe auxiliary probe disconnected check connection and manual not active signal only * active only if confi gured broken or or broken operation of the auxiliary probe disconnected alarm “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...
  • Page 39 Alarms: Heat Value outside of range Check electrical connection manual not active Stop production * * only IEC production recovery activation (generally -9999 or +9999) from analog input signal broken or disconnected Tab. 9.a “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 40: Wiring Diagrams

    +VDC T(ntc acqua) T AUX uscita prop. % per slave IDC1 NO10 NO11 ID10 NC12 PE N ID11 ID12 NO12 IDC9 NO13 ID13H ID13 NC13 ID13C ID14 ID14H winter winter summer summer Fig. 10.a “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 41: Startup

    • At this point, voltage can be added using the external power switch; • Activate the system using the control contact (Ref. par. 3.2); • Check for any water leaks in the water circuit. “optiMist” +0300065EN- rel. 1.1 - 29/01/2013...

  • Page 42: Maintenance And Replacement Parts

    12. MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT PARTS 12.1 Maintenance procedures Since the optiMist humidifi cation system does not require special maintenance in general, it is best to regularly perform systematic preventative maintenance. The interval depends on the water quality: the more salts or impurities in the water, the more frequently the inspections must be performed.
  • Page 44 Agenzia / Agency: CAREL INDUSTRIES HQs Via dell’Industria, 11 - 35020 Brugine - Padova (Italy) Tel. (+39) 049.9716611 - Fax (+39) 049.9716600 e-mail: carel@carel.com - www.carel.com...

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