Sterling SDA 1000-5100 Manual Do Utilizador

Large Dehumidifying Dryers  

Operation 

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18. Turn selector switch to START position to start the dryer. The bed switch valve will 

cycle to a known good position. The process & regen blowers will start. Process & 
Regen heaters are enabled. A new regen heat/cool cycle is started. Blower alarms are 
enabled 5 seconds after startup. Dew Point alarm is enabled 5 minutes after startup. 
All other alarms are enabled with no delay. 

 

19. Material Miser. When this feature is enabled, the panel light will illuminate and the 

screen will display ‘ACTIVE’ when airflow is reduced to the drying hopper. When 
airflow to the hopper is normal, the light is extinguished and the screen reads 
“INACTIVE”. 

 

20. Closed Loop Regeneration. When this feature is enabled, the screen will display 

‘ACTIVE’ when regen airflow is in closed loop (cooling). When regen airflow is 
normal, the screen reads “INACTIVE”. 

 

21. The dryer is shut off by turning the control power switch to the OFF position. 

 

 
1.  Non-critical alarms. The following alarms are con-critical and will NOT shut down the dryer: 

a.  Dew Point. 
b.  Process / Regen Dirty Filter. 
c.  Process heat low temp alarm. 
d.  Closed Loop Valve Motor fault. 

 
2.  Critical alarms. The following alarms are critical and WILL shut down the dryer. Alarms are silenced 

by turning the Off/On/Start switch to the start position. The dryer will restart if the alarm condition is 
no longer present. 

a.  Process blower fault. 
b.  Regen blower fault. 
c.  Process heater high temp switch. 
d.  Regen heater high temp switches. 
e.  Regen valve motor fault. 
f.  Process high temp alarm (TCU). 
g.  Regen high temp alarm (TCU). 
h.  Redundant safety alarm. 
 

3.  Viewing alarm codes. See Screen 6. The alarm screen is displayed any time an alarm is active, and 

can also be accessed by pressing the right arrow key. Each alarm is assigned a 2 letter code as 
follows: 

 
ALARM CODES: 
PB - PROCESS BLOWER 
RB - REGEN BLOWER