2 Description PV50b is wood pellet burner for domestic and industrial use. Typical setup includes external pellet storage (1), external auger to transport pellets from storage to burner (2), boiler (3) and PV50b burner (4) mounted onto the boiler. Figure 1 Typical installation PV 50b is a pellet burner that is intended to be used with 6 or 8mm wooden pellets.
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PV50b pellet burner Description 3/ 24 Specifications total height burner housing height total width burner head width Mass Supply voltage 220-240 Power max Power average 25 - 40 Power at standby Noise Emission class Operating temperature 0-60 Nominal heat input...
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PV50b pellet burner Description 4/ 24 Specifications Table 1 Main components list Spare part code Short name Description Burning chamber Pellets are burned inside the burning chamber on a grate. Burner body The half of the burner that is located outside the boiler.
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PV50b pellet burner Description 5/ 24 Specifications Figure 3 Burner main parts DK9801A2 www.pelltech.eu...
PV50b pellet burner Installation 6/ 24 Prerequisites 3 Installation 3.1 Prerequisites Following tools are needed in order to install the burner: Spanner no. 13 for fixing the flange of the burner to the boiler Spanner no. 10 for connecting the body of the burner with the burning camber ...
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PV50b pellet burner Installation 7/ 24 Prerequisites Figure 4 Hinge position and boiler opening size Figure 5 Double hinges considerations Boiler firebox length L (Figure 6) should be at least 2,5 x the length of the burning chamber. For PV 50b, minimum of 640mm is acceptable (leaving L1 approx.
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PV50b pellet burner Installation 8/ 24 Prerequisites Table 2 Mounting holes for boiler door Dimension Unit Value ⌀D hole for burning chamber neck ⌀D1 130..150 flange bolt ring diameter ⌀D2 8..9 bolt holes Figure 7 Mounting holes with supplied flanges for boiler door DK9801A2 www.pelltech.eu...
PV50b pellet burner Installation 9/ 24 Installing burner to the boiler 3.2 Installing burner to the boiler 1) Remove burning chamber from the burner body by loosening burning chamber bracket bolts (1). There is no need to completely remove brackets or bolts.
PV50b pellet burner Installation 10/ 24 Installing burner to the boiler 4) Fix the flange (4) of the burner to the door of the boiler (5). Make sure that the opening of the flange and the opening of the boiler door are aligned.
PV50b pellet burner Installation 11/ 24 Installing burner to the boiler 3.2.2 External auger A feeding auger transports pellets from the pellet container to the burner. The burner controls the work of the auger. The auger is connected to the burner with a special hose. The hose is made of melting material that acts as a safety measure against back-burning.
PV50b pellet burner Installation 12/ 24 Electrical connections 3.3 Electrical connections The burner is equipped with a standard oil burner plug that has 7 contacts. There will be different connection schemes used for different boilers. Usually the burner is connected to the boiler with a 5- wire cable.
PV50b pellet burner Operation and maintenance 13/ 24 User interface 4 Operation and maintenance 4.1 User interface User interface allows starting and stopping, changing parameters and view statistics about burning process. Main parts of the interface are listed below 1. Flame indicator. Yellow LED to indicate if flame detector has detected flame in burning camber.
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PV50b pellet burner Operation and maintenance 14/ 24 User interface Main menu in Figure 1Figure 15 can be accessed by pressing OK button. Figure 15 Menu layout DK9801A2 www.pelltech.eu...
PV50b pellet burner Operation and maintenance 15/ 24 User interface 4.1.1 Status messages During operation, the burner displays several status messages. Short explanation is given below. Table 4 Burner status messages Status Description Message STOPPED The burner is not switched on.
PV50b pellet burner Operation and maintenance 16/ 24 Starting and stopping 4.1.2 Info menu Content of info menu is following: TOTAL = total amount of pellets burned with this burner. Amount is updated after every 10 kg. COUNT = amount of pellets burned since last zero. Amount is updated after every 0,1 kg. To zero the amount, be sure you are in this menu and hold down OK for 5 sec.
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PV50b pellet burner Operation and maintenance 17/ 24 Refilling fuel storage Burner starts TESTING if boiler thermostat signal is received. Combustion air fans, battery voltage is tested and measured. Upon completion of testing, the burner starts CLEANING, during which grates are moved back and forth do remove the ash.
PV50b pellet burner Operation and maintenance 18/ 24 Refilling fuel storage 4.4 Refilling fuel storage The fuel storage must be refilled before it runs empty. Fuel can be added at any time during the operation. To add fuel, simply pour a new bag of pellets into your fuel storage.
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PV50b pellet burner Operation and maintenance 19/ 24 Replacing components In order to remove burner upper cover, first open burner lower cover. Then remove upper cover's screws (10). Pull the cover upwards direction shown in the picture. NOTE: it may be necessary to remove...
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PV50b pellet burner Operation and maintenance 20/ 24 Replacing components Battery 1) Disconnect burner from the power network 2) Open burner body 3) Disconnect battery wiring 4) Install new battery, redo wiring, redo burner cover and connect burner to the network.
PV50b pellet burner Problem and solutions 21/ 24 5 Problem and solutions Error status Cause Action Stopped This is actually not an error condition. To turn burner on: Burner is turned OFF from menu. - hold down OK at least 3 sec.
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PV50b pellet burner Problem and solutions 22/ 24 No power No mains power - check power connector, cables Safety thermostat is turned off the power - - check safety thermostat backburn - check burner for backburn DK9801A2 www.pelltech.eu...
PV50b pellet burner Annex A – Electrical schematic 23/ 24 6 Annex A – Electrical schematic Fuse Rating Description Ignitor Error/pump Auger Fluegas fan Fans and grate Feeder Battery Main wiring diagram on the next page. DK9801A2 www.pelltech.eu...
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