An industrial refrigeration oil visit was arranged because of a return issue. Several fans had been down on the air cooled system. This causes the system to unload so as to prevent a fault occurring. The lower mass flow rate of the refrigerant caused oil to migrate to the low side of the system. Several vessels are available with various forms oil return. These vessels and the oil cooler were valved off. A two man team with the correct ammonia PPE and breathing apparatus carried out the job.
Industrial Refrigeration Oil Recovery
Only some of the oil was recovered from the plant. Therefore, the engineers decided to add new oil to get the system running. The only problem with doing this is that once running the machine, the oil has to be got back out. Therefore, the oil had to be adjusted a second time to resolve the oil return issue.
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Fan Decks
For this visit, scaffolding had been erected in accordance with the Risk Assessment. The old fan decks were lifted out by the two man team. A really good team was sent out: one of the men was more technical and the other more mechanical- complementing each other with their different skill sets. The new fans were an updated version and the wiring was different. The fault link had to be adapted, but the 0-10v input from the controller was the same. The controller reads the pressure from a transducer, then sends out a voltage which the fan turns into the corresponding speed.
System Testing
The fault link had been correctly modified, so the testing of the system was carried out. The machine loaded up to 62% and monitoring continued during the rest of the visit.
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