Designing Cooling Systems for Industrial Applications

In industrial applications, sensitive drives and electronics are normally
enclosed for protection from harsh environment surrounding it. Due to
environmental conditions, there is a need to cool the enclosures, for the
devices perform as expected, saving energy and costs. To design cooling
system for an industrial application, the following factors ought to be
considered, the size of the enclosure, heat to be generated by the equipment
and the surrounding temperatures of where the enclosure is located. The
size (surface area) of the enclosure is used to calculate heat contained in the
enclosure, by the equation below
Qe=Qv-(A*k*∆T) , where Qv is the heat the enclosure, A is the surface area of
the enclosure and K the constant.
This calculations form the basis of selecting the correct solution for climate
control. Varieties of the solutions are filter fans, air to water exchangers, air
to air exchangers and air conditioners. During installation it is necessary to
leave enough free space that will allow climate control devices to perform
efficiently. Proper installation of control unit is a key to efficient performance,
every control solution demands to be installed in a specific location within
the enclosure for it to work well. And for efficient operation maintenance
needs to be done on a regular basis.
In IT, data should be confidential, available or accessible to users when in
need and finally it should be accurate and complete in that order and is
always known as CIA triad, and this is different when it comes to operational
technology, as it has it’s own priorities, availability is given a top priority
followed by integrity and finally confidentiality. Confidentiality, availability
and integrity of SCADA for infrastructure and manufacturing has been
achieved through a variety of hardware, software and virtual machines.