Welcome to the Pressure Control
System Equipment in the Lab!
(Pictures from system in Engineering, Math and Computer Science
Building, installed, 2003)
Connector cable to transfer
signals back-and-forth to the conputer (Which is the PRC = Pressure
Recording Controller)
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Circuit connector box.
The green and orange thing at the
top is the Connector Block (CB-50)
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This is the Variable-Voltage,
Variable Frequency (VVVF) power supply for the blower motor. This
was donated to UTC by PEC (Process Engineering Company), now a division of
Wood's.
These are sometimes called
"inverters"
This is the Pressure Control
Drive = PCZ
It gets a signal from the PRC and
drives the motor with the % of full power as specified by the
PRC
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This is the blower motor.
It is a 3-phase, 230 volt AC motor. It is 1/2 horsepower.
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This is the Pressure Transmitter
= PT
It is connected to the ducts with
a tube (the light gray tube coming into the top of the black
item).
The PT is a piezoelectric
transducer. It sends a signal voltage out that is proportional to
the pressure in the tube.
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This is one of two dampers. They
close off one or two fo the three arms of the pressure system that the
blower supplies. To see a movie of the damper opearting, click
below.