Centrifuge with compressor cooling
AssigneeEppendorf AG
InventorsSven Fischer, Heiko Mueller
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a centrifuge and a method for cooling a centrifuge. The centrifuge according to the invention includes a cooling device which is improved in that its required installation space is reduced such that the centrifuge can be of a more compact design with the centrifugation capacity remaining unchanged, or the centrifugation capacity can be increased with the installation space remaining unchanged. Further, the number of components can be reduced and thus cost and assembly time can be saved.
Claims17
A centrifuge, comprising:
- a driven centrifuge rotor;
- a compressor cooling device;
- a housing;
- and
- a base plate,
- wherein the base plate receives heat from the compressor cooling device so that the base plate forms a heat exchanger for the compressor cooling device and operates at least as a portion of a condenser for a cooling medium of the compressor cooling device.
The centrifuge according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the base plate includes at least one surface-increasing element at least at one of two large main surfaces.
A method for cooling a centrifuge, comprising the steps:
- using a base plate of a centrifuge at least as a portion of a condenser of a compressor cooling device;
- and
- receiving heat from the compressor cooling device in the base plate so that the base plate forms a heat exchanger for the compressor cooling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.