工业电气设备室的空调系统设计通常与设施电气系统设计并行进行。这意味着冷却设备的尺寸是根据估计的散热值确定的。由于电气设备产生的热量通常占总冷负荷的很大一部分，因此准确度对于成功的空调系统设计非常重要。在一个有大量设备产生热量的房间里，几乎所有的热量都必须去除。这是因为，对于一个绝缘良好的外壳，室内温度必须显著高于室外温度，才能实现从内部到外部的热传递。本研究项目的目标是获得一系列有关空调和通风系统应用中电气和控制设备的热增益的相关准确数据。

The design of the air conditioning systems for an industrial electrical equipment room is normally performed in parallel with the facility electrical system design. This means that the cooling equipment is sized based on estimated heat rejection values. Because the heat from the electrical equipment is often a significant percentage of the total cooling load, accuracy is important to a successful air conditioning system design. In a room with a significant source of equipment generated heat, nearly all the heat has to be removed. This is because, for a well-insulated envelope, the indoor temperature must become dramatically higher than the outdoor temperature for heat transfer from the inside to the outside.The objective of this research project is to obtain a body of relevant and accurate data on the heat gain from electrical and control equipment for application of air conditioning and ventilating systems.