Article | REF: R780 V1

Tropicalization of equipment

Author: Henri TOLOSA

Publication date: September 10, 2001

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1. Environmental constraints

Equipment must be tropicalized when it is used or stored under the following environmental conditions: high temperature and humidity, significant temperature variations, dust and sandstorms, sunlight, presence of animals and pollutants.

  • High temperature and humidity

  • In "warm and temperate" climates, the average daily outdoor temperature is 30°C, but this generally does not exceed 20°C when relative humidity is over 95%. The corresponding absolute humidity is around 15 g.m –3 .

  • In "hot and humid" climates, absolute humidity reaches 30 g.m –3 as an average daily extreme value. On the other hand, at extreme values, maximum absolute humidity...

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