Thermal Design Integration

Thermal Design Integration is a concept for supporting the thermal design of switch gears:

Virtual planning and dimensioning of energy-efficient climate control solutions
Validation of mounting layouts.

Thermal Design Integration makes available functionalities, extended product data, sets of rules and software-based decision-making tools to support the planner and to validate the planning results:

Determination of the total power dissipation of all the devices
Visualization of the power dissipation density in order to avoid hot spots
Determination of the power dissipation layout for optimal configuration of the components in the enclosure
Interface to Rittal Therm for designing and dimensioning the climate control component
Optional: Utilization of the extended Rittal parts data for climate control solutions via the EPLAN Data Portal
Optional: Representation of the optimal air-conditioned area per climate control component in which the components are to be laid out in the enclosure
Optional: Airflow-specific reserved areas per climate control component for optimizing the cooling air circulation and for protecting the components against overheating or undercooling
Optional: Airflow directions of climate control components.

Through the combination of these planning and decision-making tools the following aims are achieved:

Simple planning and energy-efficient thermal design of climate control solution
Taking into account of the rules for correct mounting layout of the components
Norm-compliant project planning to IEC 61439 "Ensuring of fault-free operation" of machines and plants.

Note:

A validation code is required to use the views Airflow directions, Optimally air-conditioned areas and Airflow-specific reserved areas. This is available online on the website of the Rittal company. This validation code can be used to activate a special EPLAN license for these functionalities.

The activated functionalities can only be used if the extended parts data that can be obtained from the manufacturer Rittal through the EPLAN Data Portal are used.