Closed loop cooling system
A company that manufactures cryogenic refrigeration equipment required a closed loop cooling system for the helium compressors that are the heart of their system. Typically their customers use tap water to cool the compressors, resulting in large quantities of water being wasted. The company hired Triumph Engineering to design a system that would recirculate cooling water for the compressor.
Triumph engineers were called upon to determine the thermal requirements of the system, select the heat exchanger, size the circulation pump and cooling fan, design the coolant management system, design the electrical control system, and package all the components into a robust and compact unit. The design needed to meet cost, size, and performance constraints and to look like the compressor unit to which it is mated.
The final design met all the requirements. Three prototype units were built and tested. The results were so favorable that no modifications were necessary, and the units were sold directly to the customer, one of the National Laboratories. In the process,
Triumph Engineering also introduced the client to a new sheet metal vendor who was able to meet all their cost, delivery, and quality needs.
Services provided:
- Project management
- New product design
- 3D modeling
- Design for manufacturability and assembly
- Thermal analysis
- Design for CE and UL
- Component sourcing
- Manufacturing drawings and bill of materials
