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FRANK energy-control ec-100
Energy-control ec-100 enhances geothermal systems by making them more powerful, transparent and efficient. This intelligent control system actively leverages the performance and storage capacity of the ground in real time.
Intelligent control for maximum system performance
All connected energy sources – including geothermal probes, collectors, energy piles and others – are continuously analysed with regard to their current energy potential and dynamically balanced. If a circuit temporarily provides higher output, the system automatically detects these available reserves and adjusts distribution accordingly. Conventional hydraulic balancing of individual sub-distributions is therefore no longer required. Each energy source is incorporated directly into the overall system in a flexible, scalable and project-specific manner.
Active use of the ground as a storage medium
Through intelligent management of the geothermal field, overall energy efficiency is significantly improved. By applying targeted, increased loads to specific sub-areas, the service life of passive cooling in building air conditioning systems is extended. As a result, the transition to active cooling is considerably delayed. This leads to substantial energy savings in both heating and cooling, while optimising the ground’s function as a seasonal energy storage medium.
Transparency, optimisation and maintenance within one system
The integrated monitoring system delivers detailed insights into the performance of each connected circuit. Operating conditions are displayed clearly, allowing optimisation potential to be identified immediately.
The integrated software provides extensive capabilities for long-term evaluation of the entire system, as well as real-time analysis of individual circuits during heat pump operation. Functions include:
- Extraction capacity
- Flow rate
- Regeneration
- Gas content
Maintenance and service functions
- Display of error and warning messages
- Remote access
- Interfaces for manual operation of the brine circulation pump
- Manual and automatic hydraulic balancing
- Controllable control valves with position feedback
This ensures stable, efficient and maintenance-optimised operation of the complete geothermal system. The energy-control ec-100 can be integrated into a wide range of geothermal applications on a project-specific basis, enabling maximum utilisation of the ground as an energy storage medium.
Integration of the ec-100 is available for the following products:
- FRANK PE brine manifold
- FRANK chamber manifolds:
- H-1500 (up to 20 circuits)
- H-1650 (up to 24 circuits)
- H-1800 (up to 26 circuits)
- HL-1500 / HL-1800
