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3. CHIPS-technology for sufficient heat
and strength
With changing weather conditions and insufficient attention to or knowledge of an
air curtain, it still frequently occurs that an air curtain is not properly set. It blows
often too strong or too weak, with an outlet temperature that is too high or it is not
switched on at all. As a result there is energy loss, little comfort and an unnecessarily
highnoiselevel.Exactlybecauseaircurtainsareintendedtosaveenergyand
provide a high degree of comfort, Biddle has developed the fully automatic and
energy saving CHIPS-technology.
The CHIPS-technologyadjuststheoutlettemperatureandthestrength(outletwidthx
airspeed)oftheairstreamtothechangingconditionsroundthedoorwayindependent
of each other. The technology has been translated into a fully automatic control for
Biddle comfort-air curtains: CHIPS-control.
Dynamics of an air curtain
The diagram below clarifies the operation of the CHIPS-technology in various
conditions.
Air curtain with speed control: strength and heat are linked to one
another. When the fan speed of the air curtain is stepped up, manually or
automatically, by, for instance, a thermostat heat and strength are adjusted
simultaneously.Sinceinmanycaseseitherwillbesufficienttoreachtheideal
situation, this ideal situation is seldom achieved with a speed regulation.
Model CA
2
with CHIPS-technology: strength and heat operate
independently. The air curtain with CHIPS-control does reach the ideal situation
under any changing circumstances, automatically and continuously. Based on
climatologic conditions round the doorway the correct setting of the air curtain is
selected. The ideal strength is determined by the sensor of the outside temperature,
a control algorithm and the ideal heating by the built-in room temperature setting.
CHIPSmeans: Corrective Heating
and ImpulsePrediction System
Heating
1
too weak
too little sufficient too much
sufficient
too strong
4
7
2
5
8
3
6
9
= automatic CHIPS-Controlspeed controller
Strength
Situation 5 is the optimal situation:
Sufficientstrengthtoreachthefloor
(optimumclimateseparation)andsufficient
heating to heat incoming air to the indoor
temperaturerequired(comfort).
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