Chilled Water Temperature & Pressure Relationship
Chilled Water Temperature & Pressure Relationship
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Hello All
Please could you offer some expert advice on how to calculate the temperature required to reach 9.5 bar, on a system which normally runs at 5.2 bar at 6 degrees centigrade.
If it makes any difference the chilled water contains approx 25% glycol anti freeze.
Thanks very much for your assistance.
Mick.
Please could you offer some expert advice on how to calculate the temperature required to reach 9.5 bar, on a system which normally runs at 5.2 bar at 6 degrees centigrade.
If it makes any difference the chilled water contains approx 25% glycol anti freeze.
Thanks very much for your assistance.
Mick.





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It's certainly not clear from your question.
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Basically, our CHW runs at 6c most of the day at around 5.2 bar.
When the chillers shut down over the weekend the CHW temp can rise as high as 30c on a hot day, which results in pressure rise and water being lost out of the Pressure Release Valve (set to 9.5 bar). What I need to calculate is what max temp to auto start the chillers in order to keep the pressure below 9.5 bar.
When the chillers restart on Monday morning, the pressurisation unit has to make up the lost water and sometimes trips out on excessive running. The pressure vessel has been checked and is ok but maybe the pressure increase is too much for it to cope with.
So to be clear: What temperature does the water (which normally runs at 6c at 5.2 bar) need to reach befor it exceeds 9.5 bar?
All answers welcome. Thankyou very much.
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1) Measure it. Log pressure and temperature over a hot weekend.
2) Fix your system. This shouldn't be happening at all. Do you have too much water and no air in your expansion tank? Is your expansion tank way too small?
3) If you decide that you must run the chillers to stop this problem, don't use temperature as an analog for what you want to measure (pressure). Put a pressure switch in there or a pressure transmitter.
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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The VEMCO link 25362 posted is a good refresher... Glad to see that a Montana rep firm link made the post. Nice!