Perfect Air-Interview Round 2

Case Study With solution

NAME- MD FARUQUL AZAM

HVAC ENGINEER

CONTACT-8791412291

1. Why HVAC?
HVAC= HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING

From a quality of life perspective, it is always best to specialize in what one is interested.
I've always been a firm believer in that, when choosing a career, you should choose one that
serves a need. A career that serves a need never goes out of style and offers job security even
in the toughest of times. It would be hard to argue that the need for heating and air conditioning
will ever go away.
In the present scenario, the global Environmental Imbalances are creating a substantial hike in
the use of air conditioning, transforming it from a luxury to a need. In an effort to “GO
GREEN”, saving money to attain better comfort level for Spaces, making the consumers to
Acquiring the HVAC Systems. According to a survey on job opportunities in the field of
HVAC, there is an increase of 40% in the past five years which is expecting to be 34% more
by 2020.
HVAC is a relatively small subset of mechanical engineering and not especially difficult.
Instead of doing hard core complex engineering, it is more like taking equipment designed and
built by others and engineering how those items will work together to provide a good HVAC
system. Being specialized, it reduces the breath of future job opportunities.

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2.What do you understand by clean room system technology and its future in
India?
Cleanroom: - A cleanroom is defined by ISO14644-1 as a room in which the concentration of
airborne particles is controlled, and which is constructed and used in a manner to minimize the
introduction, generation, and retention of particles inside the room and in which other relevant
parameters, e.g. temperature, humidity, and pressure, are controlled as necessary.
Indoor air quality is of paramount importance for human comfort and health. Air, whether it is
from outside or re-circulated within the area, acts as a vehicle for airborne contaminants
brought in by the movement of people, material, etc. Since many of these airborne
contaminants are harmful either to products or people working in such environments their
removal is necessary on medical, legal, social or financial grounds.
Cleanrooms are specially constructed, environmentally controlled enclosed spaces where the
concentration of airborne particles (contaminants) is kept within specified limits. In industry,
cleanrooms are used in the manufacturing of electronic hardware such as integrated circuits
(ICs) and hard drives. In biotechnology and medicine, cleanrooms are used when it is necessary
to ensure an environment free of bacteria, viruses, or other pathogens.
Four fundamental rules apply to cleanrooms.
1) First, contaminants must not be introduced into the controlled environment from the outside.
2) Second, the apparatus or equipment within the controlled environment must not generate or
otherwise give rise to contaminants (for example as a result of friction, chemical reactions, or
biological processes).
3) Third, contaminants must not be allowed to accumulate in the controlled environment.
4) Fourth, existing contaminants must be eliminated to the greatest extent possible, and as
rapidly as possible.

Key Elements of Cleanroom Design: - Four basic components define a controlled environment:
1) Cleanroom Architecture – Materials of construction and finishes are important in
establishing cleanliness levels and are important in minimizing the internal generation of
contaminants from the surfaces.
2) The HVAC System – The integrity of the cleanroom environment is created by the pressure
differential compared with adjacent areas through heating, ventilation and air-conditioning
system.
The HVAC system requirements include:
• Supplying airflow in sufficient volume and cleanliness to support the cleanliness rating of the
room.

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• Introducing air in a manner to prevent stagnant areas where particles could accumulate.
• Filtering the outside and re-circulated air across high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters.
• Conditioning the air to meet the cleanroom temperature and humidity requirements.
• Ensuring enough conditioned makeup air to maintain the specified positive pressurization.
3) Interaction Technology - Interaction technology includes two elements:
(1) The movement of materials into the area and the movement of people and
(2) Maintenance and cleaning. Administrative instructions, procedures and actions are
necessary to be made about the logistics, operation strategies, maintenance and cleaning.
4) Monitoring systems - Monitoring systems include a means of indicating that the cleanroom
is functioning properly. The variables monitored are the pressure differential between the
outside environment and the cleanroom, temperature, humidity and, in some cases, noise and
vibrations. Control data should be recorded on a routine basis.

Air Flow Pattern: - Airflow pattern have evolved into three major types:
1) Unidirectional flow (also referred to as “laminar flow”), where the air streamlines are
essentially parallel to one another.
2) Non-unidirectional flow (also referred to as “turbulent flow”), where air streamlines
are other than parallel to one another.
3) Mixed flow, where air streamlines may be parallel in one part of the cleanroom and
not parallel in other parts.

Clean room class Airflow type

1 Unidirectional

10 Unidirectional

100 Unidirectional

1000 Non-Unidirectional

10000 Non-Unidirectional

100000 Non-Unidirectional

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1. Unidirectional (Laminar) air flow: - Laminar flow is achieved by supplying air through
HEPA/ULPA filters, ensuring 100% ceiling coverage. The air moves vertically downward
laterally from the ceiling to a return air plenum on a raised floor. This approach allows the
contamination generated by the process or surroundings to drift to the floor void. The particles
are finally captured by the vacuum pump in the floor void or sucked back for recirculation
through the HEPA filters in the ceiling.
Air turbulence in the space can cause particulates which have settled on to the floor and work
surfaces to become re-entrained in the air.
2. Non-Unidirectional (Turbulent) air flow: -This method is often used in intermediate
cleanroom classification 1000 and above. Here, the air streamlines are random with no
definable pattern.
The airflow is typically supplied through terminal HEPA diffusers installed in the ceiling in a
pattern that provides fairly uniform coverage. The HEPA filters are sometimes installed straight
in the ductwork or the air handler itself. The return is usually through the sidewall grilles
uniformly distributed around the periphery of the room.

Mixed Flow Approach: - The mixed-flow approach is used where critical and non-critical
processes are in the same clean space. Zones are created by adjusting the filter pattern in the
ceiling; in a stringent area, more filters are installed in the ceiling and in less critical areas,
fewer filters are installed. Supply air may have to be canalized downward over the critical zone

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before it diffuses to the general space. Depending on clean-room ceiling height, a 2 ft high
Plexiglas shield, or even a flexible plastic curtain draped to within 12 to 18 in of the floor, can
be used, to separate different zones of cleanliness. Return air patterns are adjusted by
appropriately locating return grilles to accommodate the varying filtered air quantities and to
prevent cross contamination. A raised floor with air return plenum would be more effective.

ACPH for clean room-

Class ACPH Air-velocity(ft/min)

1,00,000 24-50 5-10

10,000 50-100 10-20

1000 150-200 25-35

100 270-330 70-110

Future scenario of clean room system technology in India: -With more and more investors
coming forward to invest in the ever-growing sectors like food, pharma and biotechnology
thanks to the confidence building measures taken up by the central and state governments, the
Indian cleanroom industry is expected to witness a boom period in the next two to three years.
According to Gopal Reddy, Marketing Director, iClean Technologies Private Ltd, with the
encouraging environment prevailing in the country, many industries making high quality
medicines and innovative research or even in food and beverages manufacturing are keen on
investing in cleanrooms. “With the growing competition, each and every company wants to
install the best cleanroom equipment to ensure highest quality standards in their manufacturing
and research centres. Because of this trend, the clean room industry in the country is witnessing
a positive growth,” observed by Gopal Reddy the marketing director of iClean technologies.

The present size of cleanroom market in India estimated to be somewhere around Rs. 5000
crores, is expected to add another Rs.1000 to Rs.1500 crore growth in the next one to two years.
“We can say the cleanroom manufacturing industry in India will have a positive growth
touching 15-20 per cent per annum which will add at least Rs. 1000 crores every year to the
existing market value,” opined Reddy.

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3.What do you understand by Perfect Air?
PERFECT AIR is an established & recognized source for Clean Room and Air Conditioning
Builders/Contractors, with solid track record in successful Clean Room design. Construction
and Commissioning of custom designed facilities.

Perfect Air specializes in complete turnkey solution for Clean Room. We provide controlled
environment with all specification fulfilled. This ensures that your Clean Room functions in
perfect harmony from Air Conditioning Systems that regulate the environment to filtration and
extraction systems that are guarantees to meet regulatory standards.

Our Clean Room is designed to suit the Grade/Class required in terms of Pressure, Air &
Quality. It is engineered to manage environmental pollutants such as Dust, Air Borne Microbes,
Aerosol Particles & Chemical Vapours.

Since 2000, we have executed over 500 Clean Rooms of size as small as 1000 Sq. Ft to 51,000
Sq. Ft. Clean Room build by us are in line with guideline laid by International Standard
Organization ISO 146644, Federal Stand 2090, British Stand BS 5295, 4P-797 for Microbes
Corbel.

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4.Why Design or project Engineer? What are your strengths for chosen profile?
Project Engineer: Every HVAC organization has work responsibilities assigned to project
engineers as well. Generally, these are:
1. Supporting a channel partner for design, selecting and executing a project to meet
the intended and implied project result. This generally happens in companies which
execute projects through their channel partners.

2. Studying a project when the project file is received from planning department and
understanding the intended result and deliverables. Planning the project schedule,
seeking and securing approvals and clearances from client, consultant, architect, etc.
Coordinating with internal materials team for purchases and work orders.
Coordinating with suppliers, contractors so that project is executed as per plan.
Update external and internal MIS so that managements are aware of the project
progress and commercial team submits invoices upon clearing milestones. Flagging
non-compliances, NCR's on time if there are technical hurdles and ensuring that these
are resolved prior to commissioning. Involving in testing, adjustment and balancing
with an intent of meeting project aims. Training the right audience prior to handing
over the facility. Handing over to after sales service team post completion of the
project. This generally happens in turnkey projects organizations.

Responsibilities could be different in different organizations. These are decided by the

managements of those companies.

My Strengths for project engineer: - As project engineer, I will be responsible for

assessing the site of a new HVAC installation or renovation project and putting together a bid
for his or her employer. An HVAC project manager therefore must be able to create a definitive
list of the parts and labour that will be necessary to complete a project to the client’s
specifications. This includes a thorough evaluation of the current HVAC system and the ability
to determine which parts can be kept and which must be replaced. And I am confident about
my responsibility and I think I can handle the situation which came to me as project engineer
work.

5.where do you see yourself down the line 5 years?

A well experienced person in HVAC design and projects while working with clients in
diverse fields.