HELIAL

Range of automatic helium refrigerators

From 1,8 K to 50 K

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HELIAL

is a comprehensive range of refrigerators that provides cooling power from 100 W to 1 kW at 4.5 K. To simplify matters, all your operations are controlled automatically: compressor management, system cooling, nominal operating conditions and refrigerator shutdown. Pre-cooling with nitrogen may enable you to increase your refrigeration capacity. Our experts can tailor-made the system to meet your specific needs, through a wide range of solutions.

Guarantee from a world leader in cryogenics

AIR LIQUIDE is the world leader in gases for industry, health and the environment with almost fty years of technical, industrial and commercial experience in mechanical cold production, liquefaction, storage and distribution of cryogenic uids at very low temperatures: a benchmark in expertise. It has developed over time a method to tackle every solution comprehensively characterized by an approach that combines consultancy, design, commissioning and maintenance.

Key benefits of HELIAL refrigerators

High reliability - High quality of manufacturing in compliance with required standards - Systems in operation for more than 30 years - Quality assurance system of production processes Easy to use - Automatic and programmable operations - Communication interfaces are user-friendly - Remote monitoring Low maintenance - No wearing parts for the refrigerator - Low maintenance on the compressor - Reliability of turbines based on static gas-bearing technology - Reliability and robustness of integrated components - Continuous self-diagnosis of system so that any breakdowns can be anticipated Controlled operating costs - Minimum consumption of utilities (nitrogen, water, electricity and compressed air) - Cooling power can be tailored to your need, in order to reduce utilities consumption - Team training for optimum use of liqueers - Customized support and advice

Turbines with the highest MTBF* value on the market

HELIAL is equiped with two turbo expanders which constitute the core system of the refrigeration process. Specically developed by Air Liquide to operate in harsh industrial environments, our turbines are tested in real conditions on dedicated test benches. Our turbines use extremely reliable static gas-bearing technology, reaching rotation speeds of up to 300,000 revs per minute with the highest measured on-site MTBF value on the market, namely 150,000 hours. *(Mean Time Between Failures)

The turnkey refrigeration system

Air Liquide offers a comprehensive refrigeration system: compression, refrigeration and distribution.

APPLICATIONS
Synchrotron / Cyclotron Tokamak Space simulation chamber Cold neutron source

PURE GAS STORAGE

o Medium pressure pure helium storage unit maintains a constant cycle pressure in the refrigeration-compression loop. It is also used to get back the helium during a long-term shutdown of the system. Lgende : o 3 Basic offer o Optionnal offer

DISTRIBUTION
o o Coaxial line is specially designed to t between the cold box and the storage unit. Valve box distributes the cryogenics uids towards the application. It recovers the cold steams and returns them towards the cold box.

COMPRESSION
o 3 Compression station with oil lubricated screws is air or water-cooled, and compresses the gaseous helium at the start of the cycle. o 3 Oil removal unit: once compressed, the gas must then be puried. The oil is removed using coalescent cartridges and then by adsorbing the oil vapors on activated charcoal. It is connected with the storage unit and also includes the cycle pressure management system (high pressure and low pressure regulation). At output, the helium has no trace of oil and can be used in the cold box.

CONTROL
o Monitoring station: you can monitor your liquefaction system remotely and continuously through an Ethernet connection. Your system can also be placed under the control of Air Liquide technical team via a modem remote access, offering a monitoring, alarm notication and diagnostics. Gas analysis system: the gas can be analyzed continuously at different points in the facility so that any anomaly can be detected.

REFRIGERATION
o 3 Cold box comprises heat exchangers, 2 gas-bearing turbo expanders, a Joule-Thomson valve and a liqueer control system. o Liquid storage tank: the static evaporation rate is less than 1% per day.

Air Liquide is there to support you throughout the different phases of design, commissioning and operation of your liquefaction system. Design
- Support you with designing specications - Advice on the choice of components

Operation
- Training operation teams - Maintenance contract - Extension of warranty

Commissioning
- From monitoring on site equipment installation and connections to complete on site facility implementation - Help with start-up - Acceptance tests on site - Provision of appropriate uids for start-up

After-sales service
- Technical support - Spare parts - Advice and optimization - Customer network

Main technical features

Refrigeration capacities Cooling power Electrical consumption The power range is tailormade specication HELIAL SF / HELIAL MF / HELIAL LF from 100 W to 1 kW at 4,5 K from 50 kW to 250 kW

Contacts
AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES 2, rue Clmencire, BP 15 38360 Sassenage, France Tel : +33 (0)4 76 43 62 11 Fax : +33 (0)4 76 43 62 71 gcom.alat@airliquide.com LOCAL CONTACT IN CHINA Air Liquide China Holding Co., Ltd. Building18, No.1515 Gu Mei Road Shanghai 200233, P. R. China Tel : +86 21 6090 3868

LOCAL CONTACT IN THE USA Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC 200 GBC Drive Newark, DE 19702-2462 Tel : +1 302 286 5524 Fax : +1 302 286 5596

LOCAL CONTACT IN JAPAN Air Liquide Japan Japan Air Gases 3-23 Minamitsu kaguchi-cho 4-chome, Amagasaki-shi Hyogo 661-8558 Tel : +81 66 429 2148

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