Thursday, 5 May 2022

Chiller continuously losing pressure in closed loop system, very confused.

Hi Everyone,

1st time poster.

We have a 10kW chiller cooling water used to cool two 7.5kW vacuum pumps.

The issue I`m having is that we continuously need to top the system up with water to increase the pressure to the operating pressure. This is a daily task, sometimes 3 to 4 times a day.

It happens when the machine is sitting idle overnight or sitting idle even for 30mins.

After sitting idle I have let the system run to see if the pressure increased itself but it does not, so I need to top up the system with water (potable).

I have easily put 4 to 5 litres in the system by now, on top of what was already in it.

I`ve checked everywhere for leaks with no luck, all pipes are lagged.

We have no expansion tank/vessel on the system.

Any ideas what could be the issue here?

It is a rental chiller so it has probably been banged up a bit in its time.


source https://hvac-talk.com/vbb/threads/2238576-Chiller-continuously-losing-pressure-in-closed-loop-system-very-confused?goto=newpost

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