Environmental Control of Control Rooms

The need for conditioning the air in electrical control rooms by lowering the temperature and humidity and eliminating corrosive elements is emphasized. It will be shown how environmental control of this kind will increase the reliability of the equipment and extend its life expectancy. Certain electrical and mechanical considerations are presented to dramatize the various environmental conditions that exist in pulp and paper mills. A cost comparison is then developed for a typical control room based on three different approaches.