Always keep the operating instructions in the unit's immediate vicinity at all times.
Ensure that the operating instructions are accessible to all people that have anything at all to
do with the unit at all times.
Ensure that the operating instructions are read and understood by all people that have anything at all to do with the unit.
1.2Importance of the EN 378 series of standards – refrigeration systems and heat pumps – safety-related and environmental requirements
EN 378 deals with safety-related and environmental requirements for designing, constructing, producing, installing, operating, maintaining and disposing of refrigeration systems and cooling equipment.
EN 378 is oriented towards manufacturers, installers and operators of refrigeration systems and
cooling equipment (see section 1.2. Responsibilities).
The objective of EN 378 is to restrict the possible hazards of refrigeration systems, cooling equipment and their working fluids (refrigerants and coolants) for people, property and the environment
to a minimum.
Insufficient safety measures or non-compliance with safety-relevant regulations can result in:
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Breaks or ruptures on components with the danger of escaping materials (hazards caused by
the influence of low temperatures, excess pressure, direct influence of the fluid phase, moving
machine parts).
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Escaping working fluid after a break or leak because of defective design, improper operation, insufficient maintenance, repairs, filling and disposal (hazards caused by flammability, explosion
hazard, disturbance of nervous system, suffocation, panic)
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Escaping working fluid after a break or leak because of defective design, improper operation, insufficient maintenance, repairs, filling and disposal (hazards caused by flammability, explosion
hazard, disturbance of nervous system, oxygen displacement, chemical reactivity, irritation of
respiratory centre, agitation, dizziness, vomiting and cramps, toxicity, chemical burns, frostbite,
panic)
1.3Responsibilities
1.3.1Manufacturer's responsibilities
The notes provided in these operating instructions on maintaining the unit's functional safety, preventing possible hazards when transporting, setting up and installing, start-up and operation, and
with maintenance activities (cleaning, servicing and repairing) refer exclusively to the unit.
The manufacturer's responsibilities are documented in the unit's version in acc. with EN 378-2 (design, manufacture and testing).
The construction, soldering and welding materials are configured so that they withstand the foreseeable mechanical, thermal and chemical stresses, and are resistant to the working fluid and the
working fluid/refrigerator oil mixture used.
The working fluid-carrying parts of the unit (core tubes, distributor tube and header outlet) are configured so that they remain tight with the foreseeable mechanical, thermal and chemical stresses,
and withstand the maximum permissible operating pressure.
Material, wall thickness, tensile strength, corrosive resistance, shaping process and testing are suitable for the working fluid used and withstand the possible pressures and stresses that might occur.
All responsibilities regarding the system's cooling equipment,, into which the unit is integrated, are
the exclusive responsibility of the people involved in the individual workflows.
1.3.2Responsibilities of the system's installer
The responsibilities of the system installer are documented in the system's version (design, manufacture and testing – complete system: cooling equipment and refrigeration system) in acc. with EN
378-2.
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Component supplier-system installer interfaces :
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Inform Güntner AG & Co. KG if faults occur:
Inform Güntner AG & Co. KG immediately if faults occur during the set-up, installation, start-up
and operation.
The responsibilities of the system installer in particular include:
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Planning and preparing emergency measures:
To avoid consequential damage caused by operational disruptions, a warning system which immediately signals all faults must be provided on-site. Prepare emergency measures that prevent
consequential damage for people and property should faults occur.
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Install emergency STOP switches that can be actuated without danger.
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Specify checking and maintenance intervals:
The system (complete system: cooling equipment and cooling plant)must be configured and
equipped with all required equipment for maintenance and sufficient servicing and testing in acc.
with EN 378-4.
With the integration of the unit into the refrigeration system's cooling equipment/ the working fluid
and version must not deviate from the order-related information specified in the order-related offer
documents.
The installer of the system must refer to the requirement for sufficient instruction of the operating
and supervision staff when operating and maintaining the system's cooling equipment .
It is recommended that the future customer staff – if possible – be present with the set-up and installation, with the tightness test and cleaning, with the filling with working fluid and with the setting
of the system's cooling equipment .
1.3.3Owner or operator responsibilities
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The owner or operator responsibilities are documented in the operation, maintenance, servicing
and recovery of the system in acc. with EN 378-4.
The owner or operator must ensure that the proper people are sufficiently trained and qualified for
operating, monitoring and servicing the system (complete system: cooling equipment and refrigeration system) .
The operating personnel for the system and cooling equipment must have sufficient knowledge and
experience with regard to the mode of operation, operation and daily monitoring of this system and
the cooling equipment .
Before the system start-up including the cooling equipment/the owner or operator must ensure that
the operating personnel are sufficiently instructed with the system's documentation (which is part
of the operating instructions) on the set-up, monitoring, mode of operation and servicing of the system including the cooling equipment/and the safety measures to be observed, and with regard to
the properties and handling of the working fluid to be used.
The owner or operator must ensure that when operating, monitoring and maintaining the system
and the cooling equipment/the working fluid and version must not deviate from the details specified
in the order-related offer documents.
Planning and preparing emergency measures: To avoid consequential damage caused by operational disruptions, a warning system must be installed on the customer's premises. Prepare emergency measures that prevent consequential damage for people and property should faults occur.
Responsibility remains with the owner or operator of the system and cooling equipement, if the
system and the cooling equipmentare used by somebody else, unless there is an agreement on
sharing responsibility.
1.4Legal notes
Warranty claim expires as follows:
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With faults and damages that can be attributed to non-compliance with the specifications of
these operating instructions.
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With complaints that can be attributed to use of spare parts other than the original spare parts
specified in the order-related offer documents.
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With changes to the unit (working fluid, version, function, operating parameters) vis-a-vis the or-
der-related information specified in the order-related offer documents without the manufacturer's
prior consent.
The operating instructions may not be reproduced electronically or mechanically, circulated,
changed passed on to third parties, translated or used otherwise, in full or in part, without Güntner
AG & Co. KG's prior explicit written approval.
1.5Operating instructions
1.5.1Scope
These operating instructions apply for all air coolers of the GGBK series.
You will find the precise type of your unit in the attached order-related offer documents.
NOTICE
1.5.2Set-up and other applicable documents
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The unit's operating instructions include the following parts:
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These instructions
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Order-related offer documents
The order-related offer documents are attached to these instructions and include the following
– The order-related drawings specifying customer, project number and order number
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Motor connection wiring diagram in terminal boxes
These operating instructions are part of the operating instructions manual of the system, provided
by the system's installer .
1.6Conventions
1.6.1Typographical conventions
1.6.2List of abbreviations
The following text markups are used in these operating instructions:
BoldRequires special attention!
Grey triangleInstructions
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AbbreviationsMeaning
EN 378European Norm 378: Refrigeration systems and heat pumps; safety-related
and environmental requirements
ENEuropean Norm
DINGerman industrial standard (specification of a standard)
ISOInternational Standardization Organization
Emergency
STOP
°CDegrees Celsius (Celsius scale temperature)
barUnit of pressure
ILitre (liquid volume)
Vol %Volume percent (concentration level relative to a volume)
IPInsulation protection
Q 6.3Balancing quality
ppmparts per million, concentration figure, stands for "millionth"
HzHertz (frequency)
DDelta connection (rotating current: high speed)
SStar connection (rotating current: low speed)
Switch for immediately switching off the refrigeration system
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3~3-phase rotating current
1~1-phase alternating current
VDE"Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und
Informationstechnik" (Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information
Technologies)
The unit is operated as standard with the coolant, ethylene glycol (synonyms:
ethane-1,2-diol, glycol). When using other coolants, prior agreement with the
manufacturer is an absolute must.
Ethylene glycol is a colourless, slightly viscous, not very fluid, water-mixable,
deliquescent liquid with a sweet smell or taste.
Ethylene glycol is flammable and explosive at higher temperatures in a vapour/
gaseous state.
With skin contact ethylene glycol causes slight irritation with the danger of skin
absorption; with eye contact mucous membrane irritation; with ingestion agitation with disruption of the central nervous system; with prolonged endangering
effect – fatigue, coordination disruption, unconsciousness, kidney damage.
Keep ethylene glycol away from ignition sources. No smoking!
Ethylene glycol vapours are heavier than air and may flow off to rooms on a lower level. In still air there may be an increase of the ground level concentration.
With high concentrations, there is a danger of suffocation due to reduced oxygen concentration, especially at ground level.
Do allow contact with heavy oxidation agents (chromo-sulphuric acid, potassium permanganate, smoking sulphuric acid, or similar)! Danger of strong reactions!
Unauthorised people must not have access to the unit. When setting up it must
be ensured that the coolant escaping from the unit cannot penetrate the interior
of the building or put people at risk in any other way.
Safety measures and procedure:
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With unexpected serious coolant breaks, activate the emergency STOP
switch set up in a safe place, e.g. with:
– Visibly escaping coolant from the heat exchanger or pipe components.
– Sudden large release (release and evaporation of the greater part of the
entire coolant in a short time, e.g. in less than 5 minutes).
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Have experienced, trained personnel with prescribed protective clothing perform all necessary protective and other measures:
– Use respiratory protection.
– Use a room air-independent breathing apparatus with maintenance work
in high coolant concentrations in the room air.
– Ensure the set-up room is well ventilated.
– Divert escaped coolant liquid safely in acc. with EN 378-3.
The unit must only be put into operation, operated, maintained and repaired by trained, experienced and qualified personnel. People that are responsible for the operation, maintenance, repair
and evaluation of systems and their components must have the required training and specialist
knowledge for their work in acc. with EN 378-1 to be qualified. Qualified or expert means the ability to satisfactorily perform the activities required for the operation, maintenance, repair and evaluation of refrigeration systems, cooling equipment and their components.
The unit may be operated by operating personnel that have no specific knowledge of refrigeration
engineering, but have sufficient knowledge and experience with regard to the mode of operation,
operation and daily monitoring of this system, and the cooling equipment. This operating personnel may not make any interventions or settings on the system and the cooling equipment.
Changes to the unit, which the manufacturer has first agreed to in writing, may only be made by
the instructed and qualified personnel.
Electrical installation:
Work on the electrical equipment may only be performed by personnel that have the required expertise (e.g. an electrician or an electro-technically instructed person), and who are authorised by
the operator, in compliance with the respective VDE regulations (and national and international
provisions) and the TCCs of the EPCs.
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CAUTION
2.3Proper intended use
2.3.1Proper intended use
2.3.2Operating conditions
Processing room air coolers of the GGBK series are intended for installation in a refrigeration system and are used for the draught-free cooling of processing rooms and draught-free, low noise air
distribution in work areas and rooms.
The unit is delivered for operation with a specific operating point:
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Coolant flow temperature
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Coolant return temperature or circulating coolant volume
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Airflow volume
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Air inlet temperature
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Relative air humidity.
The specified operating point is provided in the order-related offer documents.
The unit is a component of a cooling unit a cooling system including its working fluid circuit. The
purpose of these operating instructions, as part of the operating instructions manual (of which these
operating instructions are a part), is to restrict the dangers to people and property and the environment from the unit and the working fluid used in it to a minimum. These dangers are essentially
connected with the physical and chemical properties of the working fluid and with the pressures and
temperatures that occur in the working fluid-carrying components of the unit see Residual hazards
The unit must only be used in acc. with the proper intended use. The operator must ensure that
when operating, monitoring and maintaining the unit, the fluid and version do not deviate from the
order-related information specified in the order-specific offer documents.
The operator must ensure that maintenance measures are performed in compliance with the
system's operating instructions manual.
Filling the unit is only permitted following written approval by the manufacturer. You will find the
order-related proper use as intended in the order-specific offer documents.
Do not exceed the max. operating pressure given on the unit's type plate.
2.3.3Improper use
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WARNING
WARNING
Danger of injuries and damage to property!
Working fluids and their combinations with water or other substances in the working fluid-carrying components have chemical and physical effects from the inside on the materials surrounding
them. The unit must only pressurised with coolant/. Pressurising the unit with another working
fluid results in,
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the structural, soldering and welding materials used do not withstand the foreseeable mechanical, thermal and chemical stresses, and the pressure that can occur during operation
and when shut down is not withstood.
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material, wall thickness, tensile strength, corrosive resistance, shaping process and testing
are not suitable for the working fluid used and do not withstand the possible pressures and
stresses that might occur.
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the unit not being resistant to the other working fluid and the other working fluid mixture.
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the unit not remaining tight during operation and when shut down.
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a possible sudden escaping of working fluids could directly endanger people and/or property
and the environment.
The maximum permissible operating pressure specified on the type plate must not be exceeded!
If the operating pressure is exceeded,
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the structural and welding materials will not withstand the foreseeable mechanical, thermal
and chemical stresses and the pressure that can occur during operation and when shut down.
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the unit will not remain tight during operation and when shut down.
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there may be a possible sudden escaping of working fluids after a break or leakage on work-
ing fluid-carrying components, which would result in the following dangers:
where it is possible that short or prolonged effect caused by contact, inhalation or ingestion of
the working fluid glycol might result in harmful hazards.
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where the possibility exists of a sudden large release of the greater part of the entire working
fluid filling in a short time (e.g. in less than 5 minutes).
The unit must not be changed without prior written consent by Güntner AG & Co. KG. Changes to
the unit are:
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Changing the operating point (see chapter Unit)
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Changing the fan capacity (air volume)
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Changing the working fluid flow-through volume
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Changing over to another working fluid
The unit must not be operated if safety devices recommended by the manufacturer are not available, not properly installed or not fully functional.
The unit must not be operated if it is damaged or demonstrates faults. All damages and faults
must be reported to Güntner AG & Co. KG immediately and must be removed immediately.
Work on the unit must not be performed without the personal protective equipment specified in
these operating instructions.
2.4Mechanical residual hazards
2.4.1Fins, sharp unit corners and edges
Warns against hand injuries!
Danger of cuts on hands and fingers on the fins and on sharp corners and
edges of the unit.
There is a danger of cutting off fingers on the rotating fan blades, injury hazard
for the hands and pulling in danger for loose elements such as hair, necklaces
or clothing parts.
Do not operate fans without guard grille. Pinch/trap point hazard!
With automatic fan start during maintenance work there is a danger of pinching/trapping for the hands and fingers.
Power off the unit before you begin maintenance work with which you must remove the guard grille. Secure the unit against unintentional switching on again
by removing the electric fuses for the unit. Secure the unit with a suitable warning sign referring to unintentional switching on.
2.5Electrical residual hazards
Warns against dangerous electrical voltage!
Direct and indirect contact with voltage-carrying parts of motors and electrical
lines can cause serious injuries or death.
Power off the unit before you begin maintenance work. See the refrigeration
system's system documentation for this. Secure the unit against unintentional
switching on again by removing the electric fuses for the unit. Secure the unit
with a suitable warning sign referring to unintentional switching on.
Please note that the mains cables may also be carrying voltage, even if the unit
is powered off.
Work on electrical equipment must only be performed by people that have the
required expertise (e.g. an electrician or an electro-technically instructed person) and who are authorised to do so by the operator.