by Maximus Chillers | May 31, 2020 | Chiller Components
The photo is showing air cooled chiller condenser maintenance being carried out by Maximus Chillers. 6 water cooled chillers are located in the plant room below. They are 750 kw single screw compressors with a control panel located to the side of each. On this visit,...
by Maximus Chillers | May 25, 2020 | Chiller Technology
During a recent process chiller vacuum service, our engineer achieved a deep vacuum of 2 Torr. This is the same pressure as if the Torr gauge had been fitted directly to the vacuum pump. Torr Gauge The Torr gauge was fitted to a refrigerant hose. The refrigerant...
by Maximus Chillers | May 17, 2020 | Chilling Plant
Prior to this chilling plant controls maintenance visit, another contractor had changed some of the settings and adjustments in the controllers. They did this while they were diagnosing a fault with the water system and the pumps. Therefore, this visit was to...
by Maximus Chillers | May 9, 2020 | Chiller Technology
Reciprocating Compressors Industrial chiller maintenance including a reciprocating compressor with 8 cylinders. They always have an even number of cylinders so that the compressor is balanced. Open Drive Because the refrigerant being used in this article is ammonia,...
by Maximus Chillers | May 3, 2020 | Chiller Technology
The photo shows HFC chiller service being carried out on a 600kW machine. It consists of two systems with a large Bitzer compressor for each system. It has a bespoke Micro Control System front end to run the machine and stop it should there be a fault condition. The...
