Case Study: Vertex Piping Engineers achieves successful helium cooling loop design for nuclear fusion testing with Datacor Arrow

Vertex Piping Engineers designs a 200 mm insulation helium cooling loop with Datacor

Vertex Piping Engineers Pvt. Ltd., working on the ITER nuclear fusion project, was challenged with designing an experimental helium cooling loop to test critical components. The compressible nature of helium and strict requirements for flowrates, cooling capacity, and temperature control made this a complex thermo-hydraulic challenge. To address this, they used Arrow, a pipe flow modeling solution from vendor Datacor.

Datacor's Arrow software enabled the Vertex team to successfully model the entire closed-loop cooling system. They used Arrow's Scenario Manager to handle multiple design cases, its heat transfer correlations to determine necessary insulation, and its tools to accurately model heat exchangers and system controls. The solution ensured all energy balances were met and safety requirements were achieved, successfully determining the system's allowable operating conditions for testing.

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