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bernard
27-07-2006, 08:06 PM
Hi
While looking at large cold room with 3 blowers supplied from 3 carrier condensing units,I noticed the liquid lines went from 5/8 to 7/8 about .5 meter after sight glass.Is this ok.
Regards Bernard
slingblade
27-07-2006, 08:55 PM
I dont see any reason why not. a system with an excessively long pipe run could have the tubing oversized to compensate for any pressure drop involved.
US Iceman
27-07-2006, 09:05 PM
Hi Bernard,
I doubt the difference in sizes will present any problems. When I did a lot of supermarket work I routinely over sized the liquid lines, and insulated them in areas where the piping ran through a warm space.
The larger piping allows a lower pressure loss in the liquid line. That helps a lot. Secondly, if the liquid line runs through a space with an air temperature lower than the liquid line temperature, that also helps.
If the liquid line runs through a warm space, the liquid line can absorb heat, which does not help you. In fact, it can decrease the system capacity.
bernard
27-07-2006, 10:24 PM
Hi
Yes the pipe runs are long so thats the reason,another question the condensers were large but the recievers small.You would never be able to pump them down.Sorry I don,t have much info on the system and they were running fine.But should the receivers not be sized to cope with the liquid in the system.
Thanks Bernard
US Iceman
27-07-2006, 11:52 PM
But should the receivers not be sized to cope with the liquid in the system.
Well, I suppose if you ever wanted to have a chance of pumping the entire system down (the parts connected to that receiver) the receiver would need to have sufficient volume (system charge + approx. 25%) to accommodate the pump down.
I would question why the receiver is so small, unless it was intended for a close coupled system.
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