I am new to the industry so please excuse me if my question is rather silly. I am an environmental engineer and currently doing an energy audit for an existing building. The building manager mentioned some day-to-day issues faced in the building and one of it is regarding the elevators.
There are 2 elevators on one end of the building, one serves 13 storeys and one serves 12 storeys. This is because there is a pool on the 13th storey on top of one of the elevators so it couldn't extend to that level. The building manager said that because of the different heights of the elevators they cannot be controlled using the same system. But people tend to press the call button on both elevators and take the fastest one to arrive, so energy is wasted on both elevators working when only one is needed.
I was wondering if this is really the case that the elevators cannot share a same control system? Or is there any particular control system that can solve this problem?
Thanks in advance! Looking forward to your replies 🙂
They both can be controlled with the same group using swing car function
Hope this helps.
*Now be sure to suggest to your "client" to upgrade their system even if the payback is 10 to 12 years in energy savings.
At least they'll have a system that will perform well for the next 30 years or more.
I am new to the industry so please excuse me if my question is rather silly. I am an environmental engineer and currently doing an energy audit for an existing building. The building manager mentioned some day-to-day issues faced in the building and one of it is regarding the elevators.
There are 2 elevators on one end of the building, one serves 13 storeys and one serves 12 storeys. This is because there is a pool on the 13th storey on top of one of the elevators so it couldn't extend to that level. The building manager said that because of the different heights of the elevators they cannot be controlled using the same system. But people tend to press the call button on both elevators and take the fastest one to arrive, so energy is wasted on both elevators working when only one is needed.
I was wondering if this is really the case that the elevators cannot share a same control system? Or is there any particular control system that can solve this problem?
Thanks in advance! Looking forward to your replies 🙂
With old relay logic or the newer electronic control anything can be achieved. What you describe is virtually the same as a basement level opening that is only served by 1 lift except your situation is at the top of the building. It appears to me as it was simply easier, or maybe they were lazy, to have 2 separate control systems for these 2 lifts. So the answer is of course you can and there is no reason why if your going to upgrade them that this cant happen.
I am new to the industry so please excuse me if my question is rather silly. I am an environmental engineer and currently doing an energy audit for an existing building. The building manager mentioned some day-to-day issues faced in the building and one of it is regarding the elevators.
There are 2 elevators on one end of the building, one serves 13 storeys and one serves 12 storeys. This is because there is a pool on the 13th storey on top of one of the elevators so it couldn't extend to that level. The building manager said that because of the different heights of the elevators they cannot be controlled using the same system. But people tend to press the call button on both elevators and take the fastest one to arrive, so energy is wasted on both elevators working when only one is needed.
I was wondering if this is really the case that the elevators cannot share a same control system? Or is there any particular control system that can solve this problem?
Thanks in advance! Looking forward to your replies 🙂
With old relay logic or the newer electronic control anything can be achieved. What you describe is virtually the same as a basement level opening that is only served by 1 lift except your situation is at the top of the building. It appears to me as it was simply easier, or maybe they were lazy, to have 2 separate control systems for these 2 lifts. So the answer is of course you can and there is no reason why if your going to upgrade them that this cant happen.
I think lazy is the word....you could do this almost from the invention of the elevator so me thinks the company involved either is incompetent or just in it for a laugh!!
The easyest would be a plc(programmable logic controler). But relay logic or a microprocessor overlay could be used to make the elevators share the traffic load.