Praxair installs NCOOL at facility in China
Shanghai The First Biochemical & Pharmaceutical Company has installed Praxair China’s NCOOL cryogenic heat exchanger, becoming the first company to sign this sort of liquid nitrogen supply contract.
The nitrogen-based system can be used for precision cooling and temperature control of equipment including production lyophilisers and chemical reactors. Praxair claims it is environmentally safer and more reliable than mechanically refrigerated freeze dryers.
David Chow, president of Praxair China, said: "It is encouraging to see our NCOOL system and related lyophilisation technology reach another milestone in the Chinese market. The prospects for liquid nitrogen cooling of pharmaceutical freeze dryers are very promising."
