Learn MVAC / Air Conditioning System Design for Mission Critical Purposes

Air-Conditioning System Design for Critical Infrastructure (2-day)
4 -5 December 2019 - Approved CPD Course by CIBSE UK


This is a 2-day course for engineers who design or handle MVAC (Mechanical Ventilation and Air-Conditioning) equipment for mission-critical buildings / data center projects.

It highlights 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 decisions about the best choices of cooling systems for mission-critical purposes and how system can best meet your project goal and SLA (Service Level Agreement).


Date: 4 - 5 December 2019 (Wednesday - Thursday)
Time: 09:00 - 17:30
Venue: 19/F, Officeplus (New Victory House),
93 - 103 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan, HK (Exit A2, Sheung Wan Station)


Fee: Special Rate applies for

(1) the HKIE / CIBSE or all professional membership classes in engineering; or
(2) more than 1 enrollment made at the same time


> 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


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Enrollment & Registration

Kindly complete and return an Application Form for seat reservation. Online Registration is also acceptable. Your seat will be confirmed once the payment is allocated. Thank you.
 

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. The mission is to provide an interactive environment and opportunities for the members of critical facilities industry and building services engineers to exchange professional views and experience.

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




Subscribe to our Knowledge Blog in Critical Infrastructure Design

RELIABILITY & REDUNDANCY MATTER - Your facilities and IT infrastructure are complex that are different from general buildings and require special design and operation knowledge and skill. Understanding the design considerations and avoiding costly downtime are critical.
Subscribe to our Knowledge Blog (http://green-data.blogspot.com or http://data-center-design.tumblr.com), share your view and get monthly readings online. All topics focus on key components and considerations of designing / operating mission-critical facilities and infrastructure:-

(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. 

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Electrical System Design

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is used frequently when working across multiple disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering, and also with other stakeholders such as architects and contractors. Data Center Design with BIM is one of the obvious examples to facilitate and streamline complex design teamwork and coordination.

Consulting engineers, on the other hand, are facing with the same challenges, including the increment of speed and complexity of projects, which evolve codes and standards and a continual push for the electrical discipline to advance in BIM.


While BIM has been around for 20 years and is used regularly by architects and both structural and civil engineers, adoption by mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), and fire protection engineering firms has only started to take off in more recent years. Today, as more architects require all parties working on a project to engage with BIM, consulting engineers are demanding the tools necessary to advance BIM in the electrical space, such as the ability to access more information online and easier access to BIM models and manufacturer support and expertise.

An overall view of a building shows a single mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection (MEP/FP) design model representing accurate location and overall dimensions of equipment and systems. This image is rendered from a single Revit model containing MEP/FP disciplines along with IT and audio-visual (AV) disciplines representing accurate location and overall dimensions of equipment and systems.


The value of BIM is that it gets the right information to all the right people at the right time, enabling collaboration, productivity, and insight. However, there are some challenges, particularly in the electrical space, that must be overcome for BIM to reach its full value.

A partial model view shows electrical equipment, mechanical/plumbing equipment ducts and piping, along with a related pump schedule.


One key challenge to BIM adoption in the electrical space is the lack of accurate, relevant, and standardized BIM content. To date, to move forward with BIM implementation, many firms have had to develop their own content libraries - often by downloading from a repository of manufacturers' products online.

This poses challenges, as many products are subject to frequent manufacturer updates; which means that maintaining an up-to-date content library becomes difficult. For example, if a user downloads an electrical panelboard and leaves it on his or her hard drive for several years, the product information in the BIM environment will quickly become outdated as the downloaded content remains static, yet the actual product continues to evolve.

It's critical that product data remains up-to-date in BIM models. BIM is not just a design tool that stops being used after the construction phase of a project; rather, it is an overall lifecycle tool that uses the information from conception through design and commissioning and into operation and maintenance of the building.

The power of BIM lies in the information. At any point in the lifecycle of a project, the information must be accurate to help reduce time-consuming errors and rework. Additionally, it must be accessible from virtually anywhere, at any time, and by all the project stakeholders - and it must be actionable to help inform the decision-making process with simulation and analysis.

Bridging the gap between BIM environments and product data is critical to the advancement of BIM in the electrical space.



About us

Strategic Media Asia (SMA) is one of the approved CPD course providers of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) UK. The team exists to 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 the other design considerations, 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, etc.

All topics focus on key components and provide technical advice and recommendations for designing a data center and critical facilities.

Course in Data Center Infrastructure and Operations

CPD Course in Data Center Infrastructure and Operations
Organized Jointly with the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE), Hong Kong



IT support is crucial to every business and public sectors. No matter a few servers in a closet or a hundred of servers in a data center, all equipment and MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumb) facilities required are mission-critical to maintain the IT services.

The course outlines the infrastructure system supports a typical data center and critical services and the main components facilitate a data center operations and maintenance. It also introduces the best practices and the international standards for data centers and critical facilities.

The course is designed for facilities engineers and IT infrastructure operators to acquire in-depth knowledge in designing critical infrastructure and data center operations.

• What is Data Center
• Applications of Data Center
• Who are the Users
• Users’ Expectations
• Inside a Data Center – IT, E&M Services, Facilities Supports
• Data Center Configurations – Architectural, Structural, MEP, Network
• Glossary – Resilience, Tier Levels, Redundancy
• Operating a Data Center
• Loss Prevention
• Maintenance Management
• Facilities Supports – MEP Services
• Specific Requirements for Facilities
• Operations Highlights
• Sustainable Management
• System Performance Assessments

Speaker:           Ir C.K. Chan, BEng (Hons), MSc, BBA, CEng, MHKIE, MIET, REA /
                          Mr. Ian Ip, BSc (Hons), MSc, CEng, MCIBSE

Time:                07:00 pm – 10:00 pm (Total 15 Hours)

Venue:              Flat C, 12/F, Blk 2, Wah Fung Ind Ctr, 33 - 39 Kwai Fung Crest, Kwai Chung, HK

Fee:                  Special Rate for all SOE Members

Certification:    15-hour CPD certificate will be issued to students who completed
                         and pass the course assessment with attendance over 70%.

Inquiry:            Please contact Anna (852) 3188 0062 or email to info@soe.org.hk for registration.


For details, please visit www.soe.org.hk.

Data Center Design Case Study

When the reliability demand is high and the data center has to work around pre-existing building constraints, there are significant design challenges.

With approximately 120,000 sq ft of white space divided into eight Tier III, 2 MW power data halls, the 20 MW data center meets a number of design challenges before construction even began.

The data center was originally the site of an old manufacturing facility. Coupled with the owner’s building requirements, this created a few challenges to the data center’s electrical distribution system design. Here’s a look at how Environmental Systems Design, working together with the other members of the building team, was able to solve them.


Challenge No. 1: The transformer


In an effort to maintain consistency across others data centers, the corporation likes to specify company-standard mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), and fire protection equipment for all of its mission critical facilities. However, much of this equipment is designed for outdoor use, and because this particular facility has very limited outdoor space, significant adjustments had to be made for the transformer and switchgear equipment to work indoors.

For example, the heavy transformer couldn’t be placed on the raised floor designed for the data hall and electrical room space and wouldn’t be able to be removed from the building at the end of its useful life, as the 2500 kVA transformers each weigh approximately 16,000 lbs.

Instead, the facility was designed with the intent of moving in the transformer prior to the raised floor construction. Coordinating with the architect, saw cuts were designed into the pre-cast panels on the side of the building to make it easier for the contractor to remove/replace the exterior wall to get the transformer out for future installations or replacement.

Additionally, because the liquid-filled transformers specified are typically used outdoors, special design considerations were needed for the electrical room to contain the fluid in the event of a leak. A 4-in. metal dam was constructed along the perimeter of the room to contain the liquid, while perforated raised-floor tiles were installed around the transformer to facilitate the flow of liquid to under the floor.


Challenge No. 2: Uniform design


The owner wanted a repeatable, scalable design for each of the eight data halls to both create uniformity across the facility and provide the ability to build out data halls as needed over time. However, due to existing building conditions, including the different quantity and compact nature of the structural columns on the building’s first and second floors, an offsite modular construction design was eliminated.

Instead, the solution was to bring each component of the mechanical and electrical systems into the facility individually and build out the data halls one at a time as identically as possible.


Challenge No. 3: Medium-voltage equipment


Because the switchgear and transformers were located inside the building, medium-voltage (MV) feeders were routed throughout. The MV system itself was daisy-chained so it had to be installed and commissioned in its entirety when the first of the eight data halls were installed.

The active MV system presents a potential risk to workers during construction. Therefore, the MV feeders and conduit were routed through the ceiling of the first floor for safety, stubbing back up through the second floor slab and directly into the equipment. The feeders for the first floor equipment were routed similarly under the first floor slab. Because the eight data halls will be built out over time, this technique permits construction on the floor without subjecting workers to the active feeders.


Challenge No. 4: Switchgear and metering equipment


With very limited space for outdoor equipment, there wasn’t enough room for the utility’s 34.5 kV ground-level switchgear and metering. In addition, this equipment has not been fully vetted for the application and was seen as a risk by the owner. The only option was for the utility’s switchgear and metering to be pole mounted. This meant that the site’s 20 poles had to be spaced 20 ft from each other, taking up 400 ft of linear space on a site with little outdoor area.

The Reliability


Utility Service:

2N, or two separate utility sources/feeders, one general source and the second as backup. The switchgear is daisy-chained together, creating a connection from one switchgear to another down the line so that the power can feed into one switchgear, back out and into the other, rather than having multiple connections to the site.


Backup generators:

N+1 redundant swing generator. While each of the eight data halls has its own backup generator, another redundant swing generator for every two to three halls was designed as well, providing additional backup (a total of four swing generators in all). This provides an extra level of redundancy without the cost of providing an additional backup for each generator.


UPS system and distribution (2N):

Two sides to the electrical system were designed, where each side is a mirror of the other. The benefit of the 2N system topology allows for maintenance or a fault to occur on one of the sides, while still maintaining a completely active data center.



About Strategic Media Asia Ltd


Strategic Media Asia Ltd (SMA) is one of the Approved CPD Course Providers of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). SMA exists to provide an interactive environment and opportunities for members of IDC industry and engineers to exchange professional views and experience on data center design, critical infrastructure system, electrical and mechanical facilities, etc.

SMA connects IT, Facilities and Design. For details, please visit our website at www.stmedia-asia.com/trainings.html.