In air-conditioning and heating system,water is commonly used as a medium for distribution. So the hydraulic balance of water-cycling system decides the quality of the whole system: comfortable, energysaving, stable.

 The operation load of air conditioner and heater system is always a variate. The variation of temperature in nature, the quantity variation of end start and close, building interior doors and windows switch decides the system to be in the state of constant change. This variation will straightly cause the hydraulic imbalance of the whole system(also called hydraulic imbalance). It is difficult to balance the system flow correctly. "Correct" means that the flow through the end is just enough to meet the required heat and cold load.As the positions of each end are different, so the distance from the center of heat is different. If there is no hydraulic balance or imbalance, then the end near the center of heat will appear over-flow and over-high of cold /heat load. On the other hand, the distant end has too low flow and cold /heat load. This will result in cold/heat imbalance.Such system will obviously lead to greater energy consumption and can not guarantee the comfort required by the users. In conclusion, the importance of balance in the design and implementation of the system is undoubted.

The purpose of Hydraulic Balance:

●Obtain the highest heat comfort,for example,in the case of sufficient external cold and heat sources,avoid local over heating or cooling caused by incorrect output flow to the end.

●Reduce the power consumption df circulating pump,the system cycles only according to the required flow.

●Guarantee the host machine runs at the designed temperature difference,increase the efficiency of the host machine,save energy consumption.

●Avoid abnormal operation of the system,such as the noise caused by over flow.

●Ensure that the system runs according to the correct flow.

HYDRAULIC IMBALANCE SOLUTION Hydraulic imbalance alse includes static hydraulic imbalance and dynamic hydraulic imbalance.

1、Static hydraulic imbalance

Because of design,construction,equipment,materials,the ratio of system pipeline characteristic resistance number is not consistent.Hydraulic imbalance caused by inconsistency between actual liow and designed flow.

The static hydraulic imbalance is inherent in the system,steady and fundamental;Adding balancing valve(static or dynamic balancing valve) in the pipeline can solve the imbalance problem.In the fixed flow system,the static balancing valve can solve this problem.But the static balancing elements only can limit the highest flow within a certain range,it can not make dynamic adjustment according to the flow and pressure change. So under such situation, the dynamic balancing valve is needed. It can balance the flow adaptively and automatically. 

2、Dynamic hydraulic imbalance

Hydraulic imbalance due to end flow variation. That is, because of the users’need, the end of the water flow changes when a terminal control valve is closed or adjusted, resulting in changes in the resistance distribution of the system, leading to other end flow changes. It is not inherent in the system. The imbalance occurred in the dynamic operation process has little impact on other ends, so the system stability is good. Otherwise, the hydraulic stability of the system is poor. Static balancing valve can not solve this problem. Adding hydraulic dynamic balancing valve in the pipeline, when other end flow changes, dynamic balancing valve can play a "shield" role, so that its own control of the end flow does not change. Active variable flow system of cold and heat sources. When the water supply from cold and hot sources is 100%, the system maintains dynamic and static balance. Due to the changes in the external environment temperature, in order to save the operating costs of the system, the flow mode often changes, and the flow through the frequency conversion pump is operated at the value set between 10-100%. The total supply water flow of the system changes, resulting in the change of each end flow and easy to cause hydraulic imbalance.

Dynamic balancing valve or external set dynamic balancing valve can keep the dynamic hydraulic balance of the system. 

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Hydraulic Balancing System Introduction