Commercial hot water specialist Adveco introduces four enhanced control panels for its award-winning low-carbon FUSION packaged electric water heater system, unifying previous controls into a single compact element.
Embracing a hybrid approach to water heating, FUSION is a pre-sized, packaged, low-carbon water heating system with a choice of 80+ pre-sized variants for small to mid-sized commercial applications. More complex projects can also leverage FUSION technology for bespoke system design.
FUSION employs a sealed primary loop approach to water heating, combining Adveco’s ARDENT electric boiler with a specially designed single (ATSI) corrosion-resistant stainless steel high-pressure indirect cylinder, pipework, thermostat, and overheat thermostat. FUSION T additionally incorporates a heat pump for greater decarbonisation of water heating. Both variants also support the optional addition of a backup immersion for assured operation.
Balancing these system elements is a critical function of the design and is enabled through bespoke controls required for Eplus, T and Tplus models. FUSION’s controls not only optimise the mixture of pre-heat from the heat pump, it also manages the elements within the electric boiler and backup immersions. The successful balancing of hot water demand to heat generation from multiple sources maximises the efficiency of the system, reducing energy costs, cutting carbon and improving the longevity of system elements, for fewer maintenance call outs and extended system life. The process also avoids instances of high-intensity electric heating, which, in hard water areas, could otherwise lead to deposition of limescale and costly system damage.
Adveco has released two new single-phase control panels. The first supporting FUSION T with a 9 kW electric boiler and the choice of 6 or 12 kW ASHP. The second supports equivalent FUSION Eplus and Tplus variants and is supplied with a GSM module. The three-phase control panel supports the FUSION T model, with a variant supporting FUSION Eplus and Tplus as well as bespoke FUSION-based systems. Again, supplied with a GSM module.
This variant panel can be used with any of the specified heat pumps, including Adveco’s new ADVS10W model. This and FPi-32 ASHPs can be wired from the panel; larger ASHPs such as the ADVS12W can also use the controls but require a dedicated supply to the heat pump. The control panel supports both 12 and 12 kW ARDENT boilers as well as a backup immersion of up to 12 kW, which will activate should either the boiler or ASHP go into fault. The new controls also provide the option to prevent immersion activation when ASHP goes into fault to limit current.
Time control clock controls are built-in, as is thermal disinfection. When connected to the BMS, disinfection and high-temperature pasteurisation functions can also be monitored when active, and a fault relay can be instigated. The new panels support connections for the LLH pump, lighting, socket, heater bar, secondary return pump and destratification pump output. With the inclusion of the GSM module, fault notifications can be enabled from the BMS or via text.
