Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer content: August 16-22, 2024

Top Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles this week covered topics including electrical distribution systems, DOAS and heat exchangers

By Anna Steingruber August 23, 2024
Visual representation of busbars within electrical switchgear. The busbars run horizontally from each switchgear section and are bolted together to maintain continuity between each section. The alternating current is carried across the busbars, which supply current to the downstream branch circuits. Typically, these busbars are made from materials such as copper and aluminum. Courtesy: Certus

Top Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles this week covered topics including electrical distribution systems, DOAS and heat exchangers.

1. How to create a resilient, robust electrical distribution system

Switchgear, transformers and uninterruptible power supplies collectively form the backbone of electrical power systems, ensuring reliable electrical distribution and safeguarding critical equipment

2. How to use DOAS to design low-temperature operating rooms

Many hospitals and health care facilities struggle to maintain temperature and humidity in operating rooms, especially as doctors are asking for lower temperature options. Three kinds of dedicated outdoor air systems can solve this challenge

3. How to make heat transfer efficient with plate and frame heat exchangers

Plate and frame heat transfer is a proven technology that has been around for many decades and continues to be relevant in the heat transfer market and across multiple industries

4. Design of RTUs: Best practices

Specifying rooftop units (RTUs) involves much more than choosing unit types

5. Design industrial and manufacturing facilities with sustainability in mind

Industrial facility designs are increasingly incorporating sustainable features and high-performance standards like LEED and net zero energy to address challenges in energy storage, fire safety and renewable energy integration


Author Bio: Associate editor, WTWH Media and Technology