FAN ANTI SURGE CONTROL

FAN ANTI SURGE CONTROL

When a fan system is delivering air into a large silo the pressure in that silo will
increase slowly and the flow of air to the silo will decrease.
At a certain moment the fan will not be able to deliver the required pressure to
transport more air into the silo; in fact the fan will surge and the air flow direction
will reverse.
The silo pressure will decrease until the fan recovers and the process will start
all over again. This phenomenon is called surging.

SPECIFICATIONS
SURGING SYMPTOMS
Surging does interrupt your process e.g. drying, heating, cooling or transporting.
Surging will cause a dramatic increase in noise and vibration. This will, in time, result in structural fatigue damage
to your fan.
Life of bearing, main shaft, hub, impeller, coupling and motor will be dramatically reduced and your fan process
will be interrupted.
HOW DOES IT WORK:
Air flow, pressure and temperature are measured, these conditions are converted to standard conditions and compared
to the surge characteristics of the fan by an advanced algorithm.
Then the flow through the fan starts to reduce and reaches a critical surge point the Anti Surge Controller will open a
bypass or blow-off valve to ensure the minimum required flow. The fan is now protected and the process is not
interrupted.
The PLC control algorithm not only calculates with the mentioned flow, pressures and temperatures but also takes
the molecular weight and polytrophic exponent of the gas into account. The fan characteristics are also entered.
All measured and calculated data is presented on the colour display.
SUITABLE FANS
The ASC is suitable for backward curved centrifugal fans or blowers with 1, 2 or 3 compression stages.
STANDALONE OPERATIONS
The ASC panel works as a standalone unit. Connection to a DCS is not required.

AVAILABLE OPTIONS
• CIP equipment for both chambers
• Suitable for ATEX zone 2
• Glass connection to the Distributed control system
• Remote controlling
• Flow transmitters
• Pressure transmitters
• Temperature transmitters
• Control valves
• Condition monitoring of bearings

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