Applications

PV Cell Production Equipment

Cooling and temperature control inside solar cell production tools, supplied from prototype to series production.

Heat exchanger for PV cell production equipment

• Coils and cold plates built to the internal envelope of the process tool
• Fin spacing and row depth set by cleanliness requirements and condensation risk
• Stainless steel construction available for cleanroom environments
• Supplied to a cell equipment maker in East China and now in series production

Hydrogen Equipment

Exhaust gas heat exchangers and recuperators developed with hydrogen powertrain engineering teams.

Marine hydrogen engine exhaust heat exchanger, hydrogen engine recuperator, hydrogen generator heat exchanger

• Marine hydrogen engine exhaust gas to thermal oil heat exchanger, developed and now in sea trials with heat transfer targets met
• Hydrogen engine recuperator for vehicle powertrains, development completed
• Hydrogen generator heat exchanger for industrial hydrogen production, development completed
• Hydrogen-side materials selected for compatibility, with seal design and leak rate control treated as primary

Energy Storage

Heat exchanger components for thermal storage and Carnot battery systems.

Carnot battery heat exchanger

• Thermal stress optimisation for cyclic high and low temperature duty
• Heat transfer calculation and structural simulation against the thermodynamic cycle
• Compact bundles for integration into storage modules
• Supplied as a heat exchanger component, or developed jointly with the storage team

Washing and Drying Equipment

Steam heating coils built into tunnel washers and drying lines for a Japanese equipment maker.

Steam heater for washing and drying equipment

• Carbon steel tube with aluminium fin construction, balancing heat transfer and cost
• Fin geometry optimised to limit the effect of dust build-up in continuous drying
• Production and inspection flow able to meet foreign equipment makers' consistency requirements
• In series production since product approval

How we work on equipment projects

We join while the host equipment is still in development: requirements, thermal design and selection, prototype build and testing, then series production. That way the heat exchanger can follow the machine structure and control strategy instead of being reverse-engineered from a frozen drawing.