Patent ID: 7962250

Claim:
A method for controlling a cooling of an industrial installation having at least one electrical component and a cooling system connected to the electrical component, the cooling system including at least one cooling element for cooling the electrical component, the method which comprises: measuring, with at least one sensor, a temperature of the electrical component and/or a viscosity of a coolant in a cooling circuit of the cooling system; calculating a temperature distribution within the electrical component based on the temperature measured with the sensor; and controlling the cooling element in dependence on the temperature distribution within the electrical component; thereby controlling the cooling element with rule-based applications and/or a neural network by way of a control profile with respect to a predetermined operating state of the electrical component; changing the control profile at any time between at least a first control profile and a second control profile; designing the first control profile to reduce a noise loading and almost eliminated a use of fans during a deviation between a NOMINAL and an ACTUAL temperature; and designing the second control profile to prevent a certain temperature from being exceeded within the electrical component.