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Evaporative Condenser
Operation Manual
Contents
1. Preface.................................................................................................................................................. 1
2. safety precautions................................................................................................................................ 1
3.1 Principle............................................................................................................................... 4
4. Moving................................................................................................................................................... 5
7. Running method................................................................................................................................... 9
9. Maintenance......................................................................................................................................... 9
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9.8 Filter................................................................................................................................... 12
9.11 Coating............................................................................................................................ 13
ON-OFF control...................................................................................................................... 15
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1. Preface
The manual is an instruction to safe use of the product in fields which applys STC series
evaporative condenser such as food processing, refrigeration, beer, drink, oil, chemical industry and
medicine, etc.
Look at the manual and fully understand the operation, inspection, maintenance and fittings before
using.
There may be difference between this manual and the actual indications on the machine, due to
Any operation inconformity with the manual may cause serious injury, death, etc.
The following precautions are mentioned in many places in this manual, especially those
concerning safety, pls make sure fully understand them before operation.
Operators and maintenance personnel must read the manual carefully in advance before
operation.
If the manual is missing or tore, pls ask for it from our company or agency immediately.
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Turn over the manual to new user if staff replacement.
2. safety precautions
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Dangers may cause serious injury or death, to ensure safety, use precaution or waring
signs in emergency and dangerous places.
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Dangers may cause serious injury or death, to ensure safety, use precaution or waring
signs in potentially hazardous places.
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Dangers may cause slight or medium injury, to ensure safety, use precaution or waring
signs in potentially hazardous places.
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please commission professional company for installation. If fault installation, it may
Other things that is not included in the supply scope such as electrical heater, must
use products designated by our company. To avoid water leakage, electric shock and
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Please do grounding. Ground wire should not be joined with the burning line, water
line, lightning guard and telephone ground wire.Fault grounding will lead to electric
shock, etc.
please do not locate at where may have flammable gas leakage. If leakage, it is liable
to fire disaster.
hot spring zone, costal area, overstuffed places. Otherwise, corrosion will lead to
please make sure the overflow pipe and water drain pipe are unbarred. If not, it may
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Shut down the machine and cut off the power before maintainance and inspection.
The fan runs suddenly when the machine is fast-running inside or in controlled state
Don’t put hand or stick into air inlet and outlet, the fast running fan may cause injury.
Stop running and cut off power immediately when abnormity (char, etc.) occurs and
get contact with seller or manufacturer. If continue running under this situation may
No touch switch with wet hand, which may cause electric shock.
Check if installation platform and anchor bolts damaged during long-term use. If the
condenser is erected with defected anchor bolt, it will turn over and cause injury, etc.
Don’t erect the condenser where may blow to the animals and plants directly, which
is bad to them.
Wear protective gloves before maintainance and inspection, or it may cause injury.
Don’t stand on the top of the condenser or put things on it, otherwise it may turn
Don’t put flammable sprayer close to the condenser or where can be blowed directly
Use supply water and cooling water complying with water quality requirements, or
Clean the inner at least once a month, or it may lead to bacterial growth and heat
Inject unfrozen liquid into the pipe or drain the water inside the machine if it stops
using for a long time or during winter season. Otherwise it may cause water
leakage,etc.
Lukewarm water and cooling water is harmful to health, do not use it for water.
Do not touch the high temperature parts of motor and electrical heater, or it may
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cause burn
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Switch off and cut off power when maintaining. Blower runs high speed inside
machine or stops suddenly in control state, may cause injury or electric shock, etc.
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Stop running when short curcuit occurs in protective device, or it may cause fire,
etc.
Pls do not change the settings of protective device, or it may cause fire, etc.
3.1 Principle
Evaporative condenser adopts heat exchanger. The circulation water cooled (cooling water) is
sucked through the louvre boards to the air. The water is evenly sprayed onto the outer surface of the
coil pipes through the water spray nozzles on the water spray tank. The water on the pipe surface
would contact the air and evaporate. The evaporated water would cool down the refrigerant.
After evaporation, the nozzle water becomes moisturized air and discharged out of cooling tower
by air fan on the top of the tower. A part of it is for heat exchange and the rest falls down, gathering in
the water tank for circulation to the water spray tank water pump.
Circulating refrigerant enters main inlet pipe from inlet pipe, and then distributes to condensing coil
pipes, and being cooled down during this period, and then gathers at the main outlet pipe, being
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Outlet and inlet pipe and main pipe adopts high purity aluminum pipe. Refrigerant flows smoothly
②framework
④air fan
The blade material is aluminum alloy, with low noise, and excellent anticorrosion effect.
Adjustable impeller space. If adjustment necessary, please contact SNOWMAN for help.
Moreover, the motor is closed type designed for outdoor use and adopt direct driven method.
Adopt water spray nozzle method, which can spray water evenly. Moreover, large orifice
prevents blockage.
⑥Louvre blade
Made from stainless steel sheet. It can prevent relatively large rubbish to enter. The boards can be
⑦Dash board
Made from fiber glass reinforced plastics. It is designed for reducing the water brought out with the
⑧water pump
Use low noise stainless steel pump. The motor the motor is closed type for outdoor use .
4. Moving
(1) Use cradle for lifting during unloading instead lifting by thread steel wire through eyebolt, pay
attention that no crash, and handle carefully, don’t scratch the outside surface of the tower body.
(2) when lifting by cradle, pay attention not to cause loosen in the steel wire, etc.
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To realize the max efficiency of the condenser, pls select a good site for installation.
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If it is applied in a place with much dust, sulfinic acid, etc, it may cause damage in heat
exchanger, pipes.
acid Water of low PH value (take measures for PH Area with much
Water of high PH value (above 11, except for Near ventilated places
4) keep away from places near kitchen, toilet and Ammonia copier vent;
5) keep away from places near chimney or can be heated by other heat sources;
7) leave a distance of above 4m between air inlet of evaporative condenser (air suction port) and
wall. The height of wall (overall height) shall be lower than that of evaporative condenser, otherwise it
could cause backflow due to wind direction and lead to capacity decline.
8) The distance between ventilation vent of evaporative condenser and barriers should be more
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than 5m.
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Make sure that the anchor bolts are fixed on the horizontal foundation securely,
otherwise it will fall down due to earthquake, strong wind etc and cause serious
accidents.
2) To prevent water pipe from freezing in winter season, pls install a drain tap at the bottom of the
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Pls proceed with the 3rd kind of grounding engineering for the
2) Make sure that the motor terminals are connected firmly, otherwise the motor could burn out due
to phase lack because virtual connection. Pls take it into full consideration.
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Make sure to cut off power and disconnect switch before preparation. Sudden running of
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Wear protective gloves during preparation.
The air fan may run even if the power is cut off and may cause injury.
6.1 Air fan
1) Make sure the front end of the blade will not touch the case when use manual air fan.
2) For discontinuously running equipments, check that if the rotation direction is correct and if there
2) Open the discharge outlet at the bottom of water tank, drain off the sewage.
3) Feed water from water supply pipe, until reach the mouth of the overflow pipe.
4) Make the circulating water pump run discontinuously, get rid of air inside the tube, and fill it
with water.
5) Adjust ball float valve to make the water level of the overflow pipe under 30mm.
quality to worsen and the rust water produced consequently will lead to corrosion. Therefore the
To prevent partially burnout inside the pump, it shall not idle and must be with correct rotating
but if water supplied with high hardness and density of free carbonic acid, then it is easy to cause
rust and corrosion due to external air. Therefore, it is necessary to test the water quality in advance,
and then change water or treat the water according to the test results.
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7. Running method
1) Repeat to start up circulating pump and open and close discharge air valve to drain off the air
4) make sure that air fan and circulating pump is running under rated current, and check on
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Don’t put hand or stick into fan, or it may cause injury.
1) make sure that the circulation water amount reaches the value as specified which will affect the
capacity of evaporative condenser. Moreover, check that if each nozzle distributes evenly.
3) check that if the water tank level is too low, or it may cause water pump to cavitation corrosion.
5) Pay attention to noise, vibration and current value, deal with abnormities in time according to
6) check if algae grows inside evaporative condenser, especially on the surface of cooling coil pipe
7) check the water quality and treat water properly. Discharge water in the tank through adjustment
valve for water quality management. Feed water amount according to concentration degree of the
9. Maintenance
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Cut off power and pull the plug before checking air fan.
1) check the air fan bearing and supply lubricating oil 10g, once every 3 months(8 to 10hrs per
day).
2)Check that if dust adhere to the surface of air fan and therefore cause failure of balance control.
2) check the coil pipe on corrosion, rust and growth of algae. It can be checked from the internal of
the tank after dismantling louvre boards and dash board when checking. Take measures if there is
3) Pay special attention to water quality management, and running within specified water quality
standard value.
4) Pay special attention to water quality management, and running with specified water quality
standar.
5) Pay full attention to the balance of circulating water, excessive water will cause corrosion on
metal surface.
items incl. PH value and electric conductivity, it is hoped to keep the check recordings.
Even if the testing value within standard range, pls replace the water as the following frequency:
Handle in the following sequences if there is any testing value not within the standard:
2) Adjust discharge water amount, feeding water amount according to water quality and
3) For better maintainance, pls consult water treatment specilist for proper inhibitor which must be
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safe to hot galvanized steel and iron and do as what specilist instructs.
4) When water is contaminated by organisms such as bacteria and algae, etc, handle as the
deform, increased pressure damage inside the cabinet, decreased wind flow, and increased motor
current, etc, which will therefore result in motor overload and cooling capacity decline. So it ’ s
important for adequate water quality management to avoid rust and algae.
water will overflow to internal cooling tower. Thus check the hole on blockage and get rid of it
atmospheric condition. Check in due time and get rid of the rust if there is. The garbage and sundries
accumulate in the water tank shall be drained off through drainage plug, because most of these
sediments are strongly corrosive and will damage the surface of the tank.
damage and can not cut off water, pls check it regularly.
3) If water leaks from the upper seal, screw the bolt (setting screw returns) right until water stops,
4) If water leaks from the lower seal, loosen nut by turning it left until the upper and lower leakage
stops simultaneously. If leakage can not stop yet, then there is foreign objects in seal ring, clean or
replace it. The replacement method is removing cylinder and oscillating rod first, then pull out the
When dismantling and assembling, pay attention not to damage the O-ring and supporting part of
valve base.
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9.8 Filter
The blockage in filter will cause reduce in water amount from nozzle and decline in capacity. Clear
the filter once a week in heavily contaminated and dusty place while check once a month in places
2) Mechanical seal is consumable, long term use will cause leakage due to wear, its durability will
be affected by water quality and service time, etc. Pls prepare spare parts.
Dismantle the louvre boards as the following instructions if necessary when checking internal
machine.
The louvre blades can be removed one by one. Firstly, put up the louvre boards. Pull out the
boards from the lower direction. While, assemble the boards, it is in the contrary direction, from the
upper direction.
If put the dismantled louvre boards vertically, it is easily to deform. Please put the boards
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9.11 Coating
Please recoat once each year.
3) replace period by different water quality, ambient setting, service condition, maintenance care to
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4) please refer to the pump regulation in the pump operation manual for the rotation part
regulation.
The antifreeze will become dilute due to water leakage , pls check its density regularly and add.
To prevent working without water, pls power on after confirming that the heat zone is put into water.
3) Pay attention that the louvre boards shall not be blocked by snow or ice, or the motor will
4) Make sure that there is no snow accumulates on the boars when proceed with ON-OFF
opeartion.
5) Pls note that circulating with low temperature water will cause water tank and louvre boards to
freeze.
Pay attention to the following matters when proceed with energy-saving running through control of
ON-OFF control
Extend the setting range of water temperature to make the ON-OFF interval reach above 10
minutes.
1) Drain the circulating water as early as possible before winter coming, because water will freeze
in winter season.
2) Drain the water inside the tank and clear it. Water will be drained when the valve stays open.
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Futuremore, the water between valves of supply line and float ball valve shall also be drained.
3) Open the discharge plug of pump to prevent water existing in the empty pump.
4) open the discharge plug of exhaust valve of circulating water, discharge plug, water pump and
tank.
6)loosen all tighten bolts and check on rust, repair places that are difficult to screw.
When the evaporative condenser is placed in the area near coast and can be blowed by sea wind,
or with the same poor environmental conditions aforementioned, pay special attention to the
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When doing welding, etc near evaporative condenser, pay attention not to splash the
There are three reasons that causing water reduce in the tank of evaporative condenser, thus the
1) A part of the circulating water evaporates from the surface of coil pipe, which cause the tank
water reduced.
2) Water droplet is taken out with air through air fan and cause water reduced which is called drop
loss.
3) normally, some part of water evaporated from the nozzle, solid matter of water from nozzle
dissolve to residue and concentrated, which leads to nozzle water highly corrosion or easy to be
water rust. In order to prevent these, it is necessary to discharge a part of tank water.
(2)drop loss
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The loss amount is the water drop discharged with the air plus the water splashed out through the
ventilation opening.
(3)discharge
Since the condenser will evaporate some water, the solution ingredient will remain in the
circulation water and concentrate. The concentration ratio between the concentrated solution
ingredient in the circulation water and the solution ingredient in the make-up water is called
concentration multiple condition, some circulation water is discharged outside, to keep certain water
Discharging amount should be lower than the value of concentration multiple, which is set
according to make up water quality, setting environment and the using state. Generally, in order to
make circulation water run in a certain concentration multiple, the discharge capacity can be
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B(%) = N 1 N:concentration multiple(usually, N=3)
make up water
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