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Electrical System for an Office Building

Introduction

The widespread use of electricity, telephone, facsimile transmission equipment, CCTV, intercom, alarm and security systems, has meant an increase in the amount of wiring that is installed in buildings. The main cables are laid vertically in open channels that branch for each plant through the roofs of the same or below the tiles. The electricity needed buildings has increased because of the numerous and complex equipment that are installed. To avoid the consequences of failures in the supply equipment is typically installed emergency generators in many buildings, which in some cases, such as in remote areas have their own systems to generate power. When using generators of diesel or gas turbine, the heat produced by the machines can be utilized for other uses in the building (Francis, pp 120).

Discussion

Elevators cable, high-speed automatic are the type most commonly used vertical transport in tall buildings. The low buildings and the lower floors of commercial buildings tend to have escalators. In case of fire there should be at least two exits from the main area of the building. Therefore, in addition to the elevators and escalators, all buildings, even higher, must have two ladders protected throughout the building. Buildings should have a system of water supply pipes for drinking, washing, cooking, sanitation, internal systems for fire suppression (either fixed pipes and hoses or sprinklers) , air conditioning systems and boilers. Removing the dry and wet waste in buildings is carried out through a variety of systems. A very common method is to pour liquid waste pipes connected to the sewer (John, pp. 293-287)

Office Layout

The project seeks to build the power system that allows the Private Company Investments, run continuously for 24 hours day, 7 days a week. The office building has six floors and three floors of offices parking, originally designed for office rent whose requirements electrical and protection were basic. The offices do not have basic systems UPS, Emergency and non - emergency, which are essential for the proper operation of this type of company. Furthermore, they give the system capacity. Air conditioning is needed; this leads to a specific requirement electrical system to be installed and charges. The client established as basic requirements that the electrical system has scalability for the future that is reliable and efficient for critical loads and installed to protect the installed equipment. We performed a detailed study of original system to analyze which areas of this system could function in a electrical system under the guidelines of the client (Schneider, pp. 93-98).

Later proceeded to make a new electrical system design, considering the fact that the building will have a Control floor telecommunications and five floors of the house call center and studying some areas of major electrical system such as system emergency lighting and emergency air conditioning and emergency, critical loads System, transient suppression network, system lightning protection and grounding system of the building. By obtaining these data is possible to adapt the electrical system to the ...