GE ISOVOLT Titan E Brochura

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GE Inspection Technologies
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Description
Function
The cooling aggregate is designed for re-
cooling of tube-cooling oil for bipolar X-ray 
tubes. The air-cooled aggregate is suitable 
for tropical climate and can be operated 
at an ambient temperature of up to 40° C. 
A circulation pump for the cooling oil, a 
reservoir (approximately 25 l) and safety 
devices for maximum oil temperature 
(55° C) and minimum circulation flow rate 
(17l/min) are completely wired, installed 
in the aggregate and connected. The 
aggregate is mounted in a square tube 
frame and is mobile on 4 castors.
The hot tube cooling oil returns via the oil 
flow switch and through the heat ex-
changer and, after cooling down, into the 
oil reservoir. The oil reservoir is vented to 
the atmospheric pressure. The circulation 
pump drains the oil from the reservoir and 
feeds it to the oil outlet quick-lock con-
nector, via the thermometer probe.
Cooling circuit
The cooling circuit consists of
•  full-hermetic compressor
•  air cooled condenser
•  cooling agent dryer
•  cooling agent viewing glass  
with hygroscope
•  expansion valve
•  evaporator/heat exchanger
•  high and low pressure regulator
•  corresponding quick-lock connectors
All mobile components of the compressor, 
including the drive motor, are hermetically 
sealed in a housing.
The surface of the air-cooled condenser 
has generous dimensions to ensure reli-
able operation even at high evaporation 
and ambient temperatures. The ambient 
air is taken in through the condenser by 
means of the ventilator and is expelled 
via the compressor through the protec-
tive grill. Inverse rotation of the ventilator 
would reduce the air flow rate drastically, 
thus reducing the cooling capacity of the 
aggregate.
The cooling agent liquefied in the con-
denser gets to the expansion valve after 
passing through the oil reservoir, the 
dryer and the viewing glass. Here the 
pressure is released from the condenser 
to the evaporator pressure. In the heat 
exchanger the heat required for this ex-
pansion is taken from the hot cooling oil. 
The expansion valve controls the flow of 
cooling agent required to cool to a certain 
temperature sensed at the heat exchang-
er’s output side.
Electrical control
The standard version of the cooling ag-
gregate is sized for connection to a 400 V 
50 Hz / 440 V 60 Hz three-phase power 
supply and is connected to the power 
via a 5-wire power cable. The live leads 
are labeled R/S/T to be connected to the 
phases, the blue conductor to the neutral 
(Mp) and the green/yellow to ground. A 
second 5-wire connecting cable supplies 
the circulation pump from the X-ray con-
trol unit and connects the safety circuits 
to the control to ensure safe operation of 
the X-ray tube.
Safety circuit
The safety circuit monitors the cooling 
oil supply to the X-ray tube. The circuit 
includes an oil flow switch, which opens 
the circuit in case a minimum flow rate of 
the cooling oil (17 l/min) is not ensured. 
A thermostat switch opens the circuit 
in case the cooling water temperature 
exceeds the set temperature (55°C). Both 
switches reconnect automatically after 
safe cooling is ensured.
Air supply
The heat absorbed by the heat exchanger 
and also the dissipation heat from the 
drive of the compressor has to be dis-
charged by the air cooled condenser. If 
the unit is operated in a small, self-con-
tained room the room temperature will 
built up rapidly. As shown in the overleaf 
diagram the cooling capacity decreases 
with increasing ambient temperature. It 
is therefore important that sufficient air 
circulation is provided for the OLK 50.
Maintenance
All components of the cooling aggregate 
are selected to be maintenance-free. 
However, it is crucial that the  condenser 
be kept clean. 
Also, the cooling oil level in the oil reser-
voir should be observed and topped up if 
required.
Fig. 1    Output diagram
20
25
30
25
40
0
0
8
16
24
32
40
1
2
3
4
5
Ambient temperature °C
Cooling output power [kW]
Cooling oil temperature °C
Fig. 2     Flow diagram
Evaporator
Expansion valve
Solenoid valve
Viewing glass
Dryer
Kompressor
Condenser
Air flow
P2 pressostat
Flow rate monitor
Throttle valve
Pump
Bypass
valve
Cooling oil reservoir
Thermostat
T1 , T2