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Heatex's first deliveries of cooling systems for GE's most powerful wind turbine Haliade-X are on their way. Generator cooling systems The generator cooling systems will be mounted into the Haliade-X Nacelle at GE’s Saint-Nazaire plant in France and put to work at several offshore wind projects. After several years of co-development with GE and full-scale thermal performance tests at Heatex’s lab facility in Malmö, Sweden, the giant system is finally ready for operation. The...

Heatex is selected to supply the generator cooling system for the DEC 13.0MW wind turbine prototype. Further cooperation and volume delivery are coming in 2022. DEC (Dongfang Electric Corporation) is targeting ‘wind category one’ areas in China with this new flagship wind turbine, which will be the permanent magnet direct-drive offshore wind turbine with the largest impeller diameter and installed capacity in Asia. Turbine cooling solutions The wheel hub sits 130 meters high and h...

Heatex has successfully tested its Model H2 cross-flow plate heat exchanger (HEX) according to the standard EN 60529, and it is now officially IP-rated. Additional tightness treatment is optional for all the cross-flow heat exchangers. Heatex’s IP65 Rated HEX An IP65-rated enclosure gives protection against low-pressure water jets from any direction, as well as condensation and water spray. Heatex’s tested object fulfilled the IP65 requirements, which means that neither dust nor...