Infrastructure Markets
Electrical and Electronic Cabinet Cooling Systems for Transportation, Power Generation and Water Systems Applications
EIC Solutions offers a wide range of standard and custom cooling solutions designed to protect sensitive electronics and meet the demands of a broad range of infrastructure environments – including rail, mass transit, power plants and waste-water treatment.
When human well-being and safety are paramount, EIC's cabinet cooling systems are there to keep our infrastructure networks running smoothly by protecting computers, monitoring, control, communications and other electrical/electronic equipment from damaging heat, dust, moisture, and corrosion.
The Need for Electronic Cabinet Cooling
The world's need for new infrastructure is forecasted to grow significantly in the future. The chief drivers for this need include increases in population growth which is expected to rise 38% by 2030; increased globalization of trade requiring new and improved transportation methods; continuing economic development creating demand for power generation facilities and distribution systems; and rising living standards creating the need for roadways and water and waste-water systems. These current and future infrastructure needs have dramatically increased the demand for state of the art electronic control systems and processes to run our infrastructure. As heat fluxes continue to rise, this has presented significant challenges to keeping these systems running smoothly.
These systems produce significantly higher levels of heat than previous systems and as a result are more sensitive to harsh environmental factors. Typically these electrical/electronic systems are installed in sealed enclosures making thermal overrun temperatures one of the leading causes of failure and reduction in MTBF. The removal of heat generated by these advanced electronics systems has grown to be a critical issue since these systems must often perform in high ambient temperature environments.
In addition, many of these systems utilize rack mounted electronics that were originally designed for operation in air conditioned buildings, not in harsh manufacturing environments. These rack mounted systems are now being installed both indoors and outdoors in enclosures that are exposed to ambient temperatures up to 120° F and in some cases much higher. In addition to extreme temperatures, these sensitive electronic systems are also subject to the dust, dirt, moisture, corrosion and vibration typical of the harsh conditions found in infrastructure environments.
The EIC Solution
In order to effectively solve these complex cooling problems, infrastructure designers and engineers are turning to EIC's thermoelectric cooling systems as an ideal solution when a low to moderate amount of heat must be handled in a harsh environment. Using patented solid-state technology to accomplish temperature change, thermoelectric coolers eliminate the need for refrigerants and operate with fewer moving parts. They can cool enclosures to temperatures below ambient conditions while producing little noise and vibration.
Featuring reliability and a long life span coupled with flexible input power requirements and mounting arrangements, EIC's thermoelectric air conditioners offer significant advantages over conventional cooling methods such as compressor-based systems. In addition, they are ideal solutions for applications where the cooling system must be portable or subjected to motion such as mass transit.
To provide a complete solution, EIC offers packaged systems comprised of enclosures and cabinets with integrated cooling assemblies. These systems are designed to protect and cool electrical/electronic systems in a wide range of infrastructure applications including communications, control and monitoring systems. These integrated cooling systems offer superior performance with excellent temperature uniformity, resulting in lower electronic component temperatures, increased operational life and reliability (MTBF).
Additionally, the compact size and weight of EIC's cabinet coolers allows them to fit a wide range electronic enclosures, electrical cabinets and sub-racks. Standard product modifications are also available to meet customers' exact needs such as custom sizes, doors, holes, cutouts, colors and accessories to reduce assembly time, and for easy integration into new or existing systems.
With the rugged stainless steel construction, reliable performance and flexibility these advanced thermoelectric systems offer, designers can reduce equipment size, weight, and power with improved cooling, corrosion resistance and hazardous location protection. Whether the application requires an off-the-shelf or custom system, EIC's engineers will help find the solution to best meet your cooling needs.
Job Stories
The following examples highlight the wide range of applications, environments, and clients who rely on our enclosures and cooling systems to safeguard their critical electronics:
- Amusement Ride Controls - Air conditioned housings for controls of animatronics within an amusement ride for a major theme park.
- NFL Scoreboard Electronics - Air conditioned enclosures housing control equipment for the scoreboard of an NFL stadium for an audio/visual systems company. Read More...
- Nuclear Power Plant Equipment - Air conditioned rack for temperature sensitive equipment within nuclear power plants for a major energy company. Read More...
- Outdoor Ticketing Kiosks - Cabinet coolers for outdoor self-service kiosks for sports/concert/show ticket dispensing in hot climates for a national entertainment company. Read More...
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