Factors That Need To Be Considered For Efficient Control Room Design

Necessary monitoring:-

In today’s world the need to monitor the activities of all the people and important sensitive structures have become ever so important. This monitoring can be done and recorded from in a systematic way from a specially designed and organized space.

Control Room Design

Ways to enhance performance:-

This monitoring space should be constructed and installed with equipment in a way that should result in maximum performance and nonstop monitoring. There are some principles and aspects that need to be followed to maximize the performance of this organized space.

Two major aspects:-

The specified space for monitoring should be suitable in terms of structure to survive any hazardous situation or natural disaster that doesn’t affect the performance of it.

Ergonomic efficiency:-

The arrangement of video display units, panels and other equipment combined with the overall layout of the monitoring space should be in a way that ensures ergonomic efficiency of the control room design in all circumstances and emergency situations.

Structure:-

Monitoring spaces are normally located away from the main company or plant in case of large plants. On the other hand monitoring spaces may be built within the premises of the plant or the panels for controlling are normally located in the small or medium plant.

No risk to personnel:-

The designing and structure of the monitoring space should be effective in a way that it should not pose any threat to the personnel inside. It should be suitable to maintain plant’s monitoring responsibilities. There should always be an emergency plan to counter any emergency that should totally end it or diminish it to acceptable or bearable limits.

List of probable mishaps:-

These few mishaps ca affect the operation of monitoring room

  • Exothermic reactions
  • release of toxic gases
  • VCEs or vapor cloud explosion
  • Pressure bursts
  • All kinds of fires like pool fires, jet fires, fireball and flashes of fire
  • BLEVEs or Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosions 

Other factors:-

Other significant factors that need to be looked into are 

Suitable temperature:-

The temperature and airflow of the monitoring space should be adjustable. For instance the temperature that is suitable for office work and should be maintained is between 18°C to 22.0°C. Temperatures may vary in different regions and climates. The airflow should be between o.11 to 0.15 m/s

Maintenance:-

  • Following the perfect control room design, a sufficient amount of space should be provided, because if in any case inadvertent handling of equipment is out of question during the maintenance of it.
  • Appropriate coding of equipment behind the panels should be done. This minimizes the human error.