Data sheet Controller for cold rooms

AKC 72A

Introduction The AKC 72A controller uses the ADAP-Kool®

technology to provide simple and accurate
control of both the room temperature and
defrost function.

The AKC 72A can be supplied with or without

datacommunications.

Applications include:
• Cold rooms
• Freezing rooms
• Delicatessen appliances
• Refrigeration display cabinets
• Freezing and refrigeration islands

Features Functions Functions offering economic advantages

· Quick programming · Adaptive superheat regulation with AKV
· Thermostat with alarm function · Fan pulsation
· Network thermostat with built-in night clock · Defrost on demand (DOD)
· Defrost function · Defrost stop on temperature
· Easy-to-read defrost clock · Modulating temperature regulation
· Stop on temperature or time · Night set-back
· Fan control
· Door alarm
· Sensor calibration
· Service mode
· Access coding
· Compressor or light control
· Temperature log
· Alarm log

Technical data Supply voltage 230 V a.c. +10/-15%, 50/60 Hz

Power consumption 5 AV
(ex. AKV)
Cables Max. 1.5 mm2
Sensor inputs Temperature sensors Pt 1000 4 (AKS 11)
Pressure transmitter Ratiometric 0.5 - 4.5 V d.c. 1 (AKS 32R)
ON/OFF inputs Contact function Start/stop of cooling 1
Outputs Semi-conductor To AKV-valve 230 V d.c.
Max. 200 mA
Relays Compressor or light 1
AC-1:3 A (ohmic) Fan 1
AC-15: 2 A (induktive)
Defrost 1
Alarm 1
Measuring accuracy Sensor signal between +/-0,5 K
-50 and +30°C
Sensor signal outside this range +/- 1 K
Operation Push buttons on front panel (for controllers with DANBUSS it is possible to
connect a PC).
Data communication Hardware RS485
(see ordering)
Software DANBUSS
Ambient temperature During operation 0 to + 50 0C
During transport -20 to +70 0C
Enclosure Material Plastic
Protection IP 41 (with base)
Mounting Mounting on wall or DIN-rail
Approvals Radiation EN50081-1 Normative requirements
Immunity EN50082-1 Normative requirements

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Ordering
Type Description Code no.
AKC 72A Without data communication English, German and French texts 084B1202
English and Hebrew texts 084B1204
Danish, Swedish and Finnish texts 084B1206
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese texts 084B1208
English, Dutch and Polish texts 084B1210
Base For wall mounting 084B1241
For front panel and DIN rail 084B1240
AKV 10
AKV 15 Expansion valve + coils
AKV 20 See data sheet RD.8A.B1.02
AKS 32R Pressure transmitter -1 to 12 bar 1/4 in. flare 060G1036
1/4 in. NPT 060G1037
G3/8 in. 060G1038
Connection plug for AKS 32R with 3.5 m cable 060G1034
AKS 11 Temperature sensor With 3,5 m 12 pcs 084N0003
Pt 1000 ohm cable
With 5,5 m 12 pcs 084N0005
cable
With 8,5 m 12 pcs 084N0008
cable

Function Temperature alarm Defrost on Demand

The thermostat has an alarm function in which
both the upper and lower alarm limit can be
set together with time delays.
Temperature sensors
The controller can be set to regulate on
receiving a signal from the sensor ahead of
the evaporator or the sensor after the evapo-
rator.
Thermostat
The thermostat can be set in one of the
following ways:
- Normal thermostat function.
- Modulating thermostat function.
Less temperature variation between cut-in and
cut-out than with the normal thermostat
function. (The function should only be used in
central systems.)
Day/night function
The internal day/night function can be used for
three things:
- It can carry out night setback of the
temperature (when night lid is used)
- It can activate the digital output if it has
been defined for light switch (this function
cannot be used, if the relay is used for
controlling the compressor).
- It can perform cold accumulation in periods
when the price of electricity is low.
This function saves energy.
It analyses whether or not a planned defrost
needs to be performed or can be skipped. The
analysis is conducted for each planned defrost
cycle.
Defrost sensor
The sensor on the evaporator monitors the
temperature during defrost. The controller
stops the defrost cycle when the evaporator
has reached a given temperature.
This function also means that the defrost time
is not longer than necessary.
Fan control
You can save energy by starting and stopping
the fan in a cycle where the thermostat is not
demanding refrigeration.
Log function
It is possible to select a temperature for
logging. If a log interval of 15 minutes is
selected, the logged values can be stored for a
year.
Alarm management
The alarms the controller is capable of
generating can be defined in importance.
Some alarm conditions are important and must
be indicated immediately; others can be
entered as information in the list of alarms.

Compressor control Sensor correction

The digital output can control the compressor,
so that the compressor is only cut in when the
thermostat demands refrigeration (this
function cannot be used, if the relay is used
for controlling the light).
All measurements from the temperature
sensors can be corrected, to compensate for
long cables.

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Configuration
Parameter Description Min. Max Factory
setting

Thermostat
Cutout temp. Thermostat cutout temperature in °C -50 +50 3
Differences Thermostat differential 0,5 10 2
TempSetLimit max Limitation of thermostat upper cut-out temperature -50 +50 50
TempSetLimit min Limitation of thermostat lower cut-out temperature -50 +50 -50
Thermostat mode Thermostat operating mode 1 2 1
1: On/off thermostat. 2: Modulating thermostat
Air on % Weighting of thermostat sensor 0 100 0
Night offset Night setback value in K -25 +25 0
Alarm thermostat
High alarm limit Upper alarm limit in °C -40 +60 10
Pulldown delay Alarm delay after start-up or defrost (in minutes) 0 240 120
High alarm delay Alarm delay on normal regulation (in minutes) 0 120 30
Low alarm limit Lower alarm limit in °C -60 +40 -3
Low alarm delay Alarm delay on too low a temperature (in minutes) 0 120 30
Injection functions
Refrigeration type System refrigerant 0 23 0
Superheat max. K Max. value for superheat (normally not changed) 3 15 12
Superheat min. K Min. value for superheat (normally not changed) 3 10 3
MOP control Selection of MOP function OFF ON OFF
MOP temperature Setting of MOP temperature in °C -50 20 0
Valve selection Installed valve 1: AKV10. 2: AKV15. 3:AKV20. 4:TEV 1 4 1
Defrost functions
Demand defrost Activation of defrost on demand OFF ON OFF
Fan operation Select whether fan to operate during defrost OFF ON OFF
Temp/time stop Selection of how defrost stop is to be made 1 2 1
1: stop on Sdef temperature 2: stop on time
Max. defrost time Setting of defrost time (at stop on temperature, this time is a max. time) 5 180 45
Stop temperature Defrost stop temperature on Sdef 0 60 8
Drain down time Delay after defrost (valve closed during this time) 0 60 5
FanStart Temp / time Selection of fan start method 1 2 1
1: Start on Sdef temperature. 2: Start on time
Max. fan delay Setting of fan time delay (at start on temperature this time is a max. time) 0 60 10
Fan start temp. Fan start temperature (measured on Sdef) -15 0 -3
Configuration
Language Selection of language 0: English 1: German 2: French 0 2 0
Fan pulse period How often does the fan have to carry out an ON/OFF sequence? 6 180 10
Fan on period% How long does the fan have to run during this ON/OFF period? 0 100 100
Fan stop on Sdef Selection of fan stop function (see also next line) OFF ON OFF
Fan stop temp. The fan stops when Sdef registers this temperature during normal operation. (It is -20 +10 -10
overridden by the defrost function)
Air on correction Correction value for sensor “Air on” (set in 1/10 K) -10 +10 0
Air off correction Correction value for sensor “Air off” (set in 1/10 K) -10 +10 0
S2 correction Correction of sensor “S2” (set in 1/10 K) -10 +10 0
Sdef correction Correction value for sensor “Sdef” (set in 1/10 K) -10 +10 0
Fan when DI open Select whether fan to run or stop on DI switch cut out OFF ON ON
DI alarm delay Time delay for a “DI-alarm” 0 180 0
(set in minutes. With setting 0 minutes, there is no alarm)
Main frequency Set main frequency to either 50 or 60 Hz 50 60 50
DO output config. Select use of output DO 1 2 1
1: Compressor. 2: Light control
DANBUSS address Setting of controller address, if applicable 0 124 0
Log interval Set log interval in minutes 15 240 15
Log temperature Select temperature to be logged 1 3 3
1: Air on. 2: Air off 3: Therm. air (weighted value)
ID code Setting of protection code for service menu and manual operation, if applicable 0 255 0

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Operation
The graphic display tells Display the historical Manual defrost read-off and
clearly all about the Change the system cutin sequence of a selected setting of defrost program
controller’s settings and the and cutout temperatures. temperature. for a week.
system’s operating
condition

Displays a quick overview Setting controller functions.

of system operating
conditions.

Arrow buttons for scrolling

The alarm lamp will flash through controller menu.
when an alarm starts

Plus and minus buttons for

When an alarm condition
changing controller
occurs, this button can be
settings.
used to display the reason.

The green LEDs light up when: Access to manual

- refrigeration is on regulation start and stop.
- defrost is in progress Controller outputs can also
- night operation is in progress be overridden with this
- the injection valve opens button.

The controller must be

Examples: stopped to enable
important settings to be
Shows a position in the menu changed.

As soon as the new value

appears in the display, it is
active

Display
Example

A drawing, e.g. a
Display heading refrigeration appliance
(in this example, a
cold room)
The button and
symbol here belong
Information line
together
Depending on the
picture shown, you
will see a status of a
function or scale with
max. and min. values

Air temperature in the

evaporator inlet
Information line.
Depending on the picture shown, the
display will give the status of a function or
a scale with max. and min. values.

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Menu survey

Application Cold room

When regulating a cold room, the controller
functions associated with the door switch can
be used so that when the door is opened the
light switches on and the fan switches off. An
alarm condition is indicated if the door is not
closed within a preset time.

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Application Refrigeration appliance

Open appliances are normally covered at
night. If the temperature setting is not
changed when night operation commences,
refrigeration will become excessive and
energy wasted.
The controller can be set to raise the refe-
rence temperature during night operation so
that the product is not refrigerated more than
necessary.
With the log function it is possible to see the
temperature sequence and in this way find the
optimum night setback value.
Delicatessen counter
When regulating a delicatessen the
modulating thermostat function gives extra
advantages.
A normal thermostat function produces much
greater temperature fluctuations than a
modulating thermostat function.
Smaller temperature variations give constant
air humidity, which means that drying out is
kept to a minimum.

Refrigeration display cabinet

In a cold room the light is an undesirable
source of heat and the refrigeration system
has to remove the heat generated. When the
light is off, energy is saved. The clock function
in the controller can, for example, switch off
the light 10 minutes after the closing time of
the shop.

This illustration gives an example of how components can be placed for cold room
control.

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Dimensions

Weight: 0,7 kg with mounting base

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