Max Internal Temperature
Max Internal Temperature
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Hello everyone,
I have a question, if someone can please guide me.
I am calculating airflow of a closed enclosure, so need Max internal temperature from below details:
External ambient temperature is 40 degrees
Power dissipation of electrical component (Circuit breaker) is 57.6 watts
Dimensions of the enclosure (1827mm, 560mm, 600mm)
Can someone please guide me if there is an equation to calculate max internal temperature inside the enclosure, or how can we do that?
Best Regards,
I have a question, if someone can please guide me.
I am calculating airflow of a closed enclosure, so need Max internal temperature from below details:
External ambient temperature is 40 degrees
Power dissipation of electrical component (Circuit breaker) is 57.6 watts
Dimensions of the enclosure (1827mm, 560mm, 600mm)
Can someone please guide me if there is an equation to calculate max internal temperature inside the enclosure, or how can we do that?
Best Regards,
RE: Max Internal Temperature
Insulation, external airflow, how well sealed the enclosure is, what the orientation of the enclosure is, whether there is any sunshine onto the enclosure, and so forth, would be required along with more than a little effort - it's about even for the effort to do a test where you can vary things like, what else is in the enclosure and where the circuit breaker is in the box and what the thermal path from the breaker to the enclosure wall.
I would not expect 60 watts in as large an enclosure as that to increase by much unless it is well sealed and very well insulated.
RE: Max Internal Temperature
My answer to your soon-to-be-deleted duplicate post
My approach
> calculate exposed surface area
> use 5 W/m^2-K for heat transfer coefficient
> solve for surface temperature in Q = htc * area * (T.surf - T.amb)
> depending on thickness of walls, calculate interior air temp from Q = k * (area / thickness) * (T.int - T.surf) or assume that it's one the order of 5 deg above surface temp. k is thermal conductivity in W/m-K
End result should be a temperature that's warm to the touch, but not hot, which is reasonable; consider the heat of a 60W bulb spread over a 200x surface area
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RE: Max Internal Temperature
Doesn't make sense.
But I tend to agree with the posters above. I can't see the temp rising much more than 5 to 10 C above external ambient air temp.
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RE: Max Internal Temperature
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RE: Max Internal Temperature
RE: Max Internal Temperature
Is the enclosure made of copper and with big holes and a fna blowing on it, or made of 5" poly-iso and air-tight in stale air?