Formula To Calculate The Expansion Vessel Pre-Pressure; To Check The Water Volume And Flow Rate - Daikin ERHQ011-014-016BA Installer's Reference Manual

6 Preparation
▪ Field supply components – Water. Only use materials that are
compatible with water used in the system and with the materials
used in the indoor unit.
▪ Field supply components – Water pressure and temperature.
Check that all components in the field piping can withstand the
water pressure and water temperature.
▪ Water pressure. The maximum water pressure is 4 bar. Provide
adequate safeguards in the water circuit to ensure that the
maximum pressure is NOT exceeded.
▪ Water temperature. All installed piping and piping accessories
(valve, connections,...) MUST
temperatures:
INFORMATION
The following illustration is an example and might NOT
match your system layout.
60°C
55°C
k
f i
M
M
a b c d e h g i
a Outdoor unit
b Indoor unit
c Heat exchanger
d Backup heater
e Motorised 3‑way valve (switch between space heating and
domestic hot water)
f Motorised 3‑way valve (mixing the main zone)
g Main pump
h Additional pump
i Shut-off valve
j Collector (field supply)
k Domestic hot water tank
HPC1...3 Heat pump convector (field supply)
FHL1...3 Floor heating loop (field supply)
▪ Drainage – Low points. Provide drain taps at all low points of the
system in order to allow complete drainage of the water circuit.
▪ Drainage – Pressure relief valve. Provide a proper drain for the
pressure relief valve to avoid water dripping out of the unit. See
"7.8.5 To connect the pressure relief valve to the drain" on
page 31.
▪ Air vents. Provide air vents at all high points of the system, which
must also be easily accessible for servicing. An automatic air
purge is provided in the indoor unit. Check that the air purge is
NOT tightened too much, so that automatic release of air in the
water circuit is possible.
▪ Zn-coated parts. Never use Zn-coated parts in the water circuit.
Because the unit's internal water circuit uses copper piping,
excessive corrosion may occur.
▪ Non-brass metallic piping. When using non-brass metallic
piping, insulate the brass and non-brass properly so that they do
NOT make contact with each other. This to prevent galvanic
corrosion.
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withstand the following
j
HPC1 HPC2 HPC3
i
j
i
FHL1 FHL2 FHL3
▪ Valve – Change‑over time. When using a 2-way valve or a 3-way
valve in the water circuit, the maximum change-over time of the
valve must be 60 seconds.
▪ Filter. It is strongly recommended to install an additional filter on
both heating water circuits. Especially to remove metallic particles
from foul heating piping, it is recommended to use a magnetic or
cyclone filter, which can remove small particles. Small particles
may damage the unit and will NOT be removed by the standard
filter of the heat pump system.
▪ Domestic hot water tank – Capacity. To avoid stagnation of
water, it is important that the storage capacity of the domestic hot
water tank meets the daily consumption of domestic hot water.
▪ Domestic hot water tank – After installation. Immediately after
installation, the domestic hot water tank must be flushed with fresh
water. This procedure must be repeated at least once a day the
first 5 consecutive days after installation.
▪ Domestic hot water tank – Standstills. In cases where during
longer periods of time there is no consumption of hot water, the
equipment MUST be flushed with fresh water before usage.
▪ Domestic hot water tank – Disinfection. For the disinfection
function of the domestic hot water tank, see
water control: advanced" on page 51.
▪ Thermostatic mixing valves. In accordance with the applicable
legislation, it may be necessary to install thermostatic mixing
valves.
▪ Hygienic measures. The installation must be in compliance with
the applicable legislation and may require additional hygienic
installation measures.
▪ Recirculation pump. In
legislation, it may be required to connect a recirculation pump in
between the hot water end point and the recirculation connection
of the domestic hot water tank.
c
a b
d
a Recirculation connection
b Hot water connection
c Shower
d Recirculation pump
6.4.2 Formula to calculate the expansion vessel
pre-pressure
The pre-pressure (Pg) of the vessel depends on the installation
height difference (H):
Pg=0.3+(H/10) (bar)
6.4.3

To check the water volume and flow rate

The indoor unit has an expansion vessel of 10 litre with a factory set
pre-pressure of 1 bar.
To make sure that the unit operates properly:
▪ You must check the minimum and maximum water volume.
▪ You might need to adjust the pre-pressure of the expansion
vessel.
Minimum water volume
Check that the total water volume in the installation is minimum
10 litre for EHVZ04+08 and 20 litre for EHVZ16, the internal water
volume of the indoor unit NOT included. Do NOT split up the
minimum water volume over the 2 temperature zones.
"8.3.2 Domestic hot
accordance with the applicable
ERHQ+ERLQ011~016 + EHVZ16S18CB
Daikin Altherma – Low temperature split
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