Economizer Cooling
Symbio™ 700 supports a 0 to 100% economizer damper which requires a discharge air temperature
sensor to be installed for economizer cooling. There are four configurable economizer types: fixed dry
bulb, differential dry bulb, reference enthalpy, and comparative enthalpy. Each type, enable, and the
high limit disables criteria are defined as follows.
Table 4. Economizer Type
While the configuration parameters will be used to determine which method of economizer control will
be utilized, the table below describes the needed sensor data for each control method.
Table 5. Sensor Data
When conditions are suitable for economizer operation, the outdoor air damper modulates between a
calculated outdoor air damper minimum position (based on Supply Fan Compensation and Demand
Controlled Ventilation) and 100% open. Economizing will not allow additional mechanical cooling until
the damper position is 100% and the supply fan has reached 100% capacity for 5 minutes. If economizer
cooling becomes disabled, the damper will revert to minimum position control, and transition to
mechanical cooling.
A building automation system can directly command economizer operation via Economizer Airside
Enable (auto, enable, disable). If commanded Enable, the controller will start economizer cooling,
regardless of outdoor air conditions. If commanded Disable, economizer cooling will be disabled (except
if a mode of Night Purge is commanded to the controller). If commanded Auto, the controller will use the
configured Economizer high limit method and input values to determine if economizer cooling is
available.
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