{"id":6689,"date":"2021-09-14T04:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T02:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdresistor.com\/load-bench-natural-or-forced-ventilation\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T18:38:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T17:38:51","slug":"load-bench-natural-or-forced-ventilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdresistor.com\/en\/load-bench-natural-or-forced-ventilation\/","title":{"rendered":"Should you choose a load bank with natural ventilation or forced ventilation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 n\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;\"><h2>Should you choose a load bank with natural ventilation or forced ventilation?<\/h2>\n<p>A tailor-made load bank must be designed to meet your technical needs as closely as possible. Thus, depending on the regulatory or normative constraints of a sector of activity or the ergonomic and technical environment of electrical installations, the choice of load bank will vary.<\/p>\n<p>This is particularly the case for defining the correct load bank: either natural ventilation or forced ventilation.<\/p>\n<p>To choose the system best suited to your specificities, we carried out a comparative analysis.<\/p>\n<h2>Definition of a natural ventilation load bank<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdresistor.com\/en\/naturally-cooled-load-bank\/\">\u201cNatural ventilation\u201d or \u201cnatural convection\u201d load banks<\/a> offer a simple cooling system via ambient air.<\/p>\n<p>Natural ventilation has a noiseless operation and a reduction in cost compared to other types of ventilation up to 100kW (Higher power possible on request).<\/p>\n<p>However, the heat dissipated through the resistors heats the walls of the case, which requires precautions for use (breathing space).<\/p>\n<h2>Technical characteristics of a natural ventilation load bank<\/h2>\n<p>Among the technical characteristics of METAL DEPLOYE RESISTOR load banks with natural ventilation system:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power from 5 to 100 kW in a three-phase 400V chassis<\/li>\n<li>Connection in the lower part (cold zone)<\/li>\n<li>Protection index IP13 or IP23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The naturally ventilated load banks all have the following options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A control cabinet<\/li>\n<li>A terminal block<\/li>\n<li>wheel-base fitting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Advantages and disadvantages of a natural ventilation load bank<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"table-1\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">Advantage<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Inconvenience<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>Noiseless ventilation<\/li>\n<li>Less expensive cost<\/li>\n<li>Handling equipment: rollers<\/li>\n<li>Robustness<\/li>\n<li>Optional: control cabinet, terminal block, roller equipment<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>Heating of the housing walls<\/li>\n<li>More handling precautions<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type margin-bottom-20 margin-top-20\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdresistor.com\/en\/naturally-cooled-load-bank\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Discover our benches with natural ventilation<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column margin-top-20\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 n\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;\"><h2>Definition of a fan-forced load bank<\/h2>\n<p>What is the principle of a forced ventilation load bank? The cooling system is directly integrated, which allows more power to be supplied by dissipating the heat emitted by the resistive elements.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, from 100 kW, it is necessary to cool the resistive elements using an axial fan. This ventilation can be either horizontal or vertical.<\/p>\n<h2>Technical characteristics of a forced ventilation load bank<\/h2>\n<p>Among the technical characteristics of METAL DEPLOYE RESISTOR load banks with ventilated ventilation system:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power from 20kW to 1200 kW at 400V three-phase, steps from 1kW<\/li>\n<li>Quiet axial fan &#8211; IP55 motor<\/li>\n<li>Safety switch for ventilation control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among the options included with the ventilated load bank:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A control cabinet<\/li>\n<li>A base with fork passage<\/li>\n<li>Terminal blocks installed on the side face<\/li>\n<li>roller equipment<\/li>\n<li>A transport trailer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Advantages and disadvantages of a fan-forced load bank<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"table-1\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">Advantage<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Inconvenience<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>Silent ventilation (IP55 motor)<\/li>\n<li>security<\/li>\n<li>Ventilation control<\/li>\n<li>Robustness<\/li>\n<li>Control cabinet<\/li>\n<li>Ease of transport and handling: trailer, castor, forklift base<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>Cost<\/li>\n<li>Footprint<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type margin-bottom-20 margin-top-20\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdresistor.com\/en\/load-bank-ventilation-fan\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Discover our forced ventilation benches<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Find our:<br \/>\n&#8211; METAL DEPLOYE RESISTOR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdresistor.com\/en\/load-banks\/\">load bank range<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdresistor.com\/en\/customized-load-banks\/\">Range of tailor-made load banks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-load-banks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Natural or Forced Ventilation Load Bank | How to choose ?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Choosing a naturally ventilated or forced ventilated load bank mainly depends on your needs. 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