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Telecommunication and general electronic equipment normally require carefully controlled

climatic conditions when installed inside the shelter.

The passive conditioning system is based on the exploitation of physical phenomena such as thermal
capacity, thermal isolation and heat transmission.

The Passive Conditioning System, suitably dimensioned is extremely reliable

and has an operational life span which is usually longer than those
obtainable with standard active conditioning systems. The use of passive
conditioning shelters is possible in desert and other geographic areas where
there are big thermal differences between night and day.

The use of passive conditioning shelters is a must when the provision of

commercial power is not currently available and it has to be produced
locally with expensive systems such as:

z solar cells
z aeolian generators
z generating sets

and where maintenance is difficult and expensive to carry out, such as in

desert or remote areas.

Results

The passive conditioning system allows the total control of the internal
climatic conditions (temperature and humidity) resulting in:

z significant reduction in operating costs

z reduced maintenance
z complete isolation of the interior from the external ambient
z reduction of the internal thermal oscillations

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z improved equipment lifetime.

Omnishelter ® propose two different types of passive conditioning:

z PICS
{ Passive Integral Conditioning System, which doesn't require any power supply for its operation.
z PECS
{ Passive Enhanced Conditioning System, which allows an increase in the overall efficiency of the
temperature control and can be used when a very small portion of electrical power generated locally
(typically limited to a few watts) can be made available for this purpose.

All the elements constituting a passive cooling system are housed in a

separate subsystem, structurally independent from the main structure,
which can be packed and shipped separately with substantial savings in
freight costs. As an additional advantage, the configuration of the passive
cooling systems does not reduce the internal available area for the
installation of the other equipment.

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