Norhof LN2 microdosing systems
Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) is used as the cooling medium and is taken from a storage vessel (Dewar) with low pressure (max. 300 mBar) and delivered (pumped) through a fill line to the application in a micro dosing way.
The Norhof LN2 microdosing system is designed to overcome the drawbacks of LN2 under pressure in which a solenoid valve is used to switch the supply ON / OFF. You may compare the Norhof system with a water tap, but instead of giving water, it gently gives liquid nitrogen, with an adjustable flow, possible to regulate from some drops, up to 1 Liter/minute. Our pump can pump LN2 up to 5 meters above the pump itself
The reservoir Dewar can safely stand next to your working place. When you need a small amount of LN2, the system is ready to supply by only pressing on the pump head. By pressing on the pump head, the system starts building a small over pressure, forcing the liquid gently to rise into the fill line, and fall into your little Dewar, or other small LN2 container. After your pressure on the pump head is released, the system shuts off automatically, and the flow stops.
Working principle
The pressure above the liquid level inside the Dewar is built by heating a small amount of liquid in the bottom of the Dewar. With only up to 100 mBar of over-pressure, the liquid will gentle rise out of the rise pipe and fall into the fill hose. Because we evaporate some LN2 to build pressure, there is no adding of ice inside the Dewar, such as with manual systems which use air from the environment.
When LN2 is required, a small overpressure is generated by a small heater element in the LN2, and liquid flows out of the system like water from a tap, without spilling, noise, vibrations etc.
Software
To display sensor temperatures, vessel pressure, status of LED’s on the pump etc. our Norhof Monitoring software is included with any #608 series pump. This software works under Windows ’98 – 2000 – ME – NT – Vista – W7 – Windows 10 – Windows 11
With each #608 system a software Datalogger function is included. This recorder allows you to document any parameter value over time and to preset the time interval for your detector.
