Consider the conditions inside a massive wind turbine: Its perched hundreds of feet in the air, beat by winds strong enough to create thousands of watts with each turn of its massive blades, under constant pressure from the weight of the huge apparatus and buffeted constantly by the physical effects of weather, ozone, and gravity.…
Ergodyne’s introduces dry, evaporative cooling vest for hot working environments
Ergodyne has announced an addition to its Chill-Its Cooling product line: the Chill-Its 6685 Dry Evaporative Cooling Vest. Providing a unique heat-stress solution, this new vest employs patented, dry evaporative technology, which keeps workers cool and dry in hot environments. Ideal for those working where heat stress is a concern, such as in the confines…
Two-phase cooling for warm things in the nacelle
A novel precision-cooled rack is now available for cooling critical wind turbine components. The precision-cooled rack of Parker’s Precision-Cooled Rack Solution features patented two-phase evaporative cooling that uses non-corrosive, non-conductive fluid, as it vaporizes and cools hot surfaces on contact. Parker’s Precision-Cooled Rack Solution can be used to cool critical wind turbine systems, including power…