Learn How to Design Electrical + Air Conditioning (MVAC) Systems for Critical Purposes (17 & 18 Dec 2020 + 14 & 15 Jan 2021)

2-day CPD Course in Electrical Design for Mission Critical Supply

(17 and 18 December 2020 - Approved CPD Course by CIBSE UK)
 
 
Mission-critical infrastructure have particular power requirements that significantly impact how they are designed and operated. We prepare individual to fully understand the high voltage system design & build by exploring the best practices and sharing the instructor's experience. You will gain insight into the critical supply system, from power components to distributions and efficiency; from power requirements to sizing, design, testing and commissioning.

All sections are conducted by Chartered Engineer (CEng) who have more than 20 years experience in electrical engineering, project management, sustainable engineering and facility engineering for critical services.
 
 
-- Concept on primary supply and secondary supply
-- Power flow in mission critical supply system
-- Features of major equipment for critical supply
 
  > Uninterrupted power supply and power storage
  > Backup generator
  > Automatic transfer switch
  > Static transfer switch
  > Isolation transformer
 
-- Efficiency assessment
-- Power quality review
-- Configuration diagram of critical supply (N+1 / 2N) design & analysis
-- Review of cable sizing to incorporate harmonics content
-- Earthing system design
-- Testing and commissioning requirements
-- Brief of Systems Merging Appraisal Test (SMAT)


Instructor: Ir C.K. Chan,
CEng, CEnv, FSOE, FIplantE, MIET, MHKIE, CSME, REW H0 C0


Date: 17 - 18 December 2020 (Thursday - Friday)
Time: 10:00 ~ 17:30
Venue: Unit 1226A, Star House, 3 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese (English Courseware)
Fee: Special rate is applicable for

(1) all membership classes of HKIE / CIBSE / professional organizations in engineering; or
(2) more than 1 enrollment made at the same time
 
 
For the course details, please call (852) 2117 3893 or visit www.stmedia-asia.com/newsletter_6.html. 

2-day CPD Course in Air-Conditioning System Design for Critical Infrastructure
(14 and 15 January 2021 - Approved CPD Course by CIBSE UK)

 

 

This is a practical course for engineers who design or handle MVAC (Mechanical Ventilation and Air-Conditioning) equipment for mission-critical buildings / data center projects. The course highlight design principles such as psychrometric chart, cooling load calculation / estimation, etc. and the design considerations such as air distribution, availability / redundancy, common mistakes, Computer Fluid Dynamic (CFD) model, integration with MEPs (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing systems), etc.

 

You'll be able to make informed decision about the best choices of cooling systems for mission-critical purposes and how that system fulfill your project goal and SLA (Service Level Agreement).

 

> Datacom Equipment Power Trends and Cooling Applications

 

  -- Load trends and their application
  -- Air cooling of computer equipment
  -- Liquid cooling of computer equipment

> Design Consideration

 

  -- Design criteria
  -- HVAC load
  -- Computer room cooling
  -- Air distribution
  -- Liquid cooling
  -- Availability and redundancy

  -- Controls
  -- Integration with other MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing) system 
  -- Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

> Testing and Commissioning

 

  -- Air cleanliness test
  -- Heat load test
  -- Factory acceptance test
  -- Site acceptance test
  -- Integrated performance test (IST)

> Energy Efficiency

 

  -- Power usage effectiveness
  -- Chilled water plant optimization
  -- Water side and air side equipment
  -- Part load operation
  -- Controls and energy management
  -- LEED certified data center
  -- Building energy code

> Sustainable Design

 

  -- Combined heat power plant (CHP)
  -- Solar cooling
  -- Geothermal cooling
  -- Evaporative cooling
  -- Air side economizers
  -- Desiccant unit

Instructor: Ir Samuel K.P. Lip,
CEng, RPE, FCIBSE, MIET, MIFireE, MIMechE, MASHRAE, MHKIE, MCIH, REA, REW C0


Date: 14 - 15 January 2021 (Thursday - Friday)
Time: 10:00 ~ 17:30
Venue: Unit 1226A, Star House, 3 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese (English Courseware)
Fee: Special rate is applicable for

(1) all membership classes of HKIE / CIBSE / professional organizations in engineering; or
(2) more than 1 enrollment made at the same time
 
 
For the course details, please call (852) 2117 3893 or visit www.stmedia-asia.com/newsletter_6.html.

 

 

Enrollment & Registration

 

Kindly complete and return an Application Form (attached) together with a crossed cheque made payable to "Strategic Media Asia Limited" - Room 403, 4th Floor, Dominion Centre, 43 - 59 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong.

 

About the Organizer
 
Strategic Media Asia Limited (SMA) - Connecting IT, Facilities & Design - is one of the approved CPD course providers of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). The mission is to provide an interactive environment and opportunities for the engineers to exchange professional views and experience on critical infrastructure and data center services.

For details, please visit www.stmedia-asia.com/about.html.
 

 

 

Strategic Media Asia Limited
Connecting IT, Facilities and Design
 
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"Bonding" or "Grounding"?

Distinguish Between "Bonding" and "Grounding"

The terms “bonding” and “grounding” are often employed interchangeably as general terms in the electrical industry to imply or mean that a specific piece of electrical equipment, structure, or enclosure is somehow referenced to earth. In fact, “bonding” and “grounding” have completely different meanings and employ different electrical installation methodologies.

“Bonding” is a method by which all electrically conductive materials and metallic surfaces of equipment and structures, not normally intended to be energized, are effectively interconnected together via a low-impedance conductive means and path in order to avoid any appreciable potential difference between any separate points. The bonded interconnections of any specific electrically conductive materials, metallic surfaces of enclosures, electrical equipment, pipes, tubes, or structures via a low impedance path are completely independent and unrelated to any intended contact or connection to the Earth. For example, airplanes do not have any connection to Earth when they are airborne.

However, it is extremely important for the safety and welfare of passengers, crew, and aircraft that all metallic parts and structures of an airplane are effectively bonded together. The laboratories and satellites orbiting in space above the planet Earth obviously have no direct connection with the surface of our planet. However, all of the conductive surfaces of these orbiting laboratories and satellites must be effectively bonded together in order to avoid differences of potential from being induced across their surfaces from the countless charged particles and magnetic waves traveling through space.

The common method to effectively bond together different metallic surfaces of enclosures, electrical equipment, pipes, tubes, or structures is with a copper conductor, rated lugs, and the appropriate bolts, fasteners, or screws. Other bonding methods between different metallic parts and pieces might employ brackets, clamps, exothermic bonds, or welds to make effective connections.

In addition to preventing potential differences that may result in hazards, effectively bonded equipment can also be employed to adequately and safely conduct phase-to-ground fault current, induced currents, surge currents, lightning currents, or transient currents during such abnormal conditions.



“Grounding” is a term used rather exclusively in North America to indicate a direct or indirect connection to the planet Earth or to some conducting body that serves in place of the Earth. The connection(s) to Earth can be intentional or unintentional by an assortment of metallic means.





A designated grounding electrode is the device that is intended to establish the direct electrical connection to the earth. A common designated grounding electrode is often a copper-clad or copper-flashed steel rod. However, the designated grounding electrode might be a water pipe, steel columns of a building or structure, concrete encased steel reinforcement rods, buried copper bus, copper tubing, galvanized steel rods, or semiconductive neoprene rubber blankets. Gas pipes and aluminum rods cannot be employed as grounding electrodes.

The grounding electrode conductor is the designed conductor that is employed to connect the grounding electrode(s) to other equipment.



Strategic Media Asia (SMA) -
Connecting IT, Facilities and Design


SMA combines with professional Chartered Engineers (CEng) from the Institute of Engineering Technology (IET), the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). Our engineers have more than 20 years experience in data center design & build, building services engineering and energy conservation in the private and public sectors.

The team exists to provide an interactive environment and opportunities for members of data center and facilities' engineers to exchange professional views and experience, through various training courses, industry events and technical seminars. We prepare the engineers and IT personnel to face any challenges in data centers and critical facilities of any size, in any location.


For other design considerations / topics in data center and critical infrastructure, please visit 


(1) Site Selection,
(2) Space Planning,
(3) Cooling,
(4) Redundancy,
(5) Fire Suppression,
(6) Meet Me Rooms,
(7) UPS Selection,
(8) Raised Floor,
(9) Code & Standards,
(10) Transformers and Harmonic Distortion,
(11) Multi-mode UPS Systems,
(12) Electrical Rooms,
(13) Generator Systems,
(14) Generator Fuel Systems, 
(15) Battery Systems, etc.

Register Today for Further Learning in Critical Facilities and Electrical System Design (May / June 2017)

Data Center Facilities Design and Infrastructure Engineering

(18 - 19 May 2017, approved CPD course by CIBSE UK)

The 2-day CPD is designed for Building Services Engineers, Facilities / Data Center Managers, IT Management, etc. to enrich and update the knowledge in critical facilities and data centers design & build. It is more than an introductory session for data center and infrastructure:

- IT strategy
- Cabinet layout
- Raised floor system

- Data center network and structure
- Telecommunication backbones, redundancy, sizing and planning
- Fiber and optical system design
- Fiber and optical cable components
- Copper cabling components
- Copper system design and high speed ethernet
- Cable distribution, layout and management
- Earthing / grounding and bounding

- Power (1) – high / low voltage system, switch system, etc.

- Power (2) – UPS, transformers, fuel tanks, generators, etc.
- Cooling (1) – cooling topology, hot / cold aisle, etc.

- Cooling (2) – chiller, CRAC, cooling towers, etc.

- Environmental management system
- Physical security
- Fire protection system

Date: 18 - 19 May 2017 (Thursday - Friday)

Time: 10:00 – 17:30

Venue: Ground Floor, Innocentre, 72 Tat Chee Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Fee: Special rate for CIBSE / HKIE all membership classes

For details, please refer to http://www.stmedia-asia.com/newsletter_6.html.

Electrical Design for Mission Critical Supply

(15 - 16 June 2017, approved CPD course by CIBSE UK)

This is an advanced learning for mission critical facilities which have particular power requirements that significantly impact how they are designed and operated. You will gain insight into the critical supply system, from power components to distributions and efficiency; from power requirements to sizing, design, testing and commissioning:

-- Concept on primary supply and secondary supply

-- Power flow in mission critical supply system

-- Features of major equipment for critical supply

  > Uninterrupted power supply and power storage

  > Backup generator

  > Automatic transfer switch

  > Static transfer switch

  > Isolation transformer

-- Efficiency assessment

-- Power quality review

-- Configuration diagram of critical supply (N+1 / 2N) design & analysis

-- Review of cable sizing to incorporate harmonics content

-- Earthing system design

-- Testing and commissioning requirements

-- Brief of Systems Merging Appraisal Test (SMAT)

Date: 15 - 16 June 2017 (Thursday - Friday)

Time: 10:00 – 17:30

Venue: 14/F, Hip Shing Hong Kowloon Centre, 192-194 Nathan Road, Jordan, Hong Kong -

Accessible from the Austin Road (Exit D, Jordan Station)

Fee: Special rate for CIBSE / HKIE all membership classes

For details, please refer to http://www.stmedia-asia.com/newsletter_6.html.

Enrollment & Registration

Kindly complete and return an Application Form (attached) together with a crossed cheque made payable to “Strategic Media Asia Limited” - Room 403, 4th Floor, Dominion Centre, 43 - 59 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong.

About the Organizer

Strategic Media Asia Limited (SMA) is one of the approved CPD course providers of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) UK. For details, please visit www.stmedia-asia.com/about.html or http://green-data.blogspot.com (Knowledge Blog).

Keep Your Knowledge Current in Electrical Design for Mission Critical Supply

Within the built environment, mission critical facilities and data centers have particular power requirements that significantly impact how they are designed and operated. Further to the


(1) Site Selection,
(2) Space Planning,
(3) Cooling,
(4) Redundancy and
(5) Fire Suppression,


you are recommended to join the 2-day advanced learning (CIBSE approved CPD Course) in Electrical Design for Mission Critical Supply.

With more than 18 years experience in critical facilities and electrical system design, the Instructors (with Chartered Engineer (CEng) status) will detail about the international standards, best practices and design project experience. You will gain insight into the critical supply system, from power components to distributions and efficiency; from power requirements to sizing, design, testing and commissioning.


-- Concept on primary supply and secondary supply
-- Power flow in mission critical supply system
-- Features of major equipment for critical supply

  > Uninterrupted power supply and power storage
  > Backup generator
  > Automatic transfer switch
  > Static transfer switch
  > Isolation transformer

-- Efficiency assessment
-- Power quality review
-- Configuration diagram of critical supply (N+1 / 2N) design & analysis
-- Review of cable sizing to incorporate harmonics content
-- Earthing system design
-- Testing and commissioning requirements
-- Brief of Systems Merging Appraisal Test (SMAT)


This is an advanced learning section on top of the Data Center Facilities Design & Infrastructure Engineering. For details, please refer to http://www.stmedia-asia.com/newsletter_6.html.



About the Organizer

Strategic Media Asia (SMA) is one of the approved CPD course providers of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) UK.

The team exits provide an interactive environment and opportunities for members of ICT industry and facilities' engineers to exchange professional views and experience.

SMA connects IT, Facilities and Design. For accreditation details and background, please visit www.stmedia-asia.com/about.html.