Abdi İbrahim Fully Automated Pharmaceutical Warehouse
- Location
- Year
- 2021
- Application
- High-Rack Automated Warehouse Air Distribution System
- Product
- SmartTemp JSC High Throw Swirl Diffusers
- Supply Quantity
- 98 units
Project Request
For Abdi İbrahim's fully automated high-rack pharmaceutical warehouse, a special air distribution system design was requested to condition the storage area, which reaches approximately 28 meters in height. Since maintaining temperature and humidity values within narrow tolerances in pharmaceutical storage areas is critical for product quality and process safety, creating homogeneous climatic conditions throughout the warehouse volume was one of the most important design criteria for the air distribution system.
The goal was for the diffusers placed on the ceiling to deliver the air blown from a height of 28 meters into the warehouse volume without creating short circuits between the racks, to provide balanced temperature distribution in both heating and cooling modes, and to avoid creating dead zones along the high-rack system.
Additionally, due to the inclined architecture of the warehouse roof, standard plenum boxes could not be applied at all points. In areas with higher solar loads, it was desired that the air flow direction could be adjusted on-site when necessary.
Solution
As a result of engineering analyses and air distribution evaluations, 98 Smartemp JSC high throw swirl diffusers were chosen for the project. Thanks to the high throw distance and controlled diffusion characteristics of the JSC diffusers, it was foreseen that the air could be distributed homogeneously throughout the warehouse volume without creating short circuits between the racks.
In the project design, the aim was to support air circulation within the warehouse by positioning the return air points at levels close to the floor. This was intended to achieve a more balanced temperature distribution throughout the high-volume warehouse.
To accommodate the inclined geometry of the warehouse roof, custom low-profile plenum boxes were designed and manufactured for areas where standard plenum boxes could not be applied, while maintaining the same air distribution characteristics. Furthermore, manually adjustable JSC diffusers were preferred to allow for on-site optimization of airflow in areas with high solar loads when needed.
With this engineering approach, a project-specific air distribution solution was developed to meet the precise air conditioning requirements of the high-rack, fully automated pharmaceutical warehouse. The analyses and product selections were approved by the client, and the project was greenlit for the production phase.