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Instrumentation Design

How to
Calculate Heat
Load in
Electrical/Electr
onic Panel
Enclosure

Total heat load consists of the heat

transfer from outside your panel and
from the heat dissipated inside the
control unit.
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Typical fan capacity:

4″ fan: 100 CFM (2832 LPM)

6″ fan: 220 CFM (6230 LPM)
8″ fan: 340 CFM (9628 LPM)
10″ fan 550 CFM (15574 LPM)

BTU/hr. cooling effect from fan 1.08 x

(temp. inside panel in ºF – temp. outside
panel in degrees F) x CFM

Watts cooling effect from fan: 0.16 x

(temp. inside panel in ºC – temp. outside
panel in degrees C) x LPM

Calculating BTU/hr. or Watts:

1. Determine the heat generated inside

the enclosure. Approximations may
be necessary. For example, if you
know the power generated inside
the unit, assume 10% of the energy
is dissipated as heat.
2. For heat transfer from the outside,
calculate the area exposed to the
atmosphere except for the top of the
control panel.
3. Choose the internal temperature you
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5. Multiply the panel surface area times
the BTU/hr. per square foot (or watts
per square meter) to get the external
heat transfer in BTU/hr or in watts.
6. Sum the internal and external heat
loads calculated.
7. If you do not know the power used
in the enclosure but you can
measure temperatures, then
measure the temperature difference
between the outside at current
temperature, and the present
internal cabinet temperature.
8. Note the size and number of any
external fans. Provide this
information to Nex FlowT to assist in
sizing the appropriate cooling
system.

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Example:

The control panel has two frequency

drives totaling 10 horsepower and one
module rated at 100 watts. The
maximum outside temperature expected
is ºC. The area of the control panel
exposed sides, except for the top is 42
square feet or 3.9 square meters. We
want the internal temperature to be ºC.

Total internal power is 10 hp x 746

watts/hp – 7460 plus 100 watts = 7560
watts.
Assume 10% forms heat = an internal
heat load of 756 watts.

Or

Total internal power is 10 hp x 2544

BTU/hp = 25440 BTU/hr plus 100 watts x
3.415 BTU/hr/watt = 25782 BTU/hr.
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the conversions (and interpolating where
necessary) we multiply the area by the
conversion factor:

42 sq. ft x 3.3 – 139 BTU/hr or 3.9 sq. m x

10.3 = 40 watts

Total Heat Load: 756 + 40 – 796 watts or

2578 + 139 – 2717 BTU/hr.

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