Concrete Cooling with Liquid Nitrogen
WHAT IS CONCRETE COOLING WITH LIQUID NITROGEN?
Gulf Cryo’s concrete cooling with liquid nitrogen systems provide the construction industry with
an
innovative solution that helps prevent structural thermal cracks. During concrete curing, the
core increases
in temperature and expands while the surface cools and contracts, these tensile stresses cause
cracks,
impair functionality and ultimately compromise the safety of the construction. Adding liquid
nitrogen to
cement enables rapid cooling and precise temperature control of the fresh concrete so it can be
poured at a
constant ‘cool’ temperature, which is essential due to the region’s high temperatures. Liquid
nitrogen is an
environmentally friendly, inert fluid that dissolves rapidly into gas during heat transfer,
leaving no
residuals.
Gulf Cryo is the only
company in the Middle East offering a full range of concrete cooling with liquid
nitrogen solutions. There are three systems in place:
1) Liquid nitrogen cryo lances – used for fresh concrete cooling in the truck mixer
2) Cement silo cryo cooling units – used for cement cooling with liquid nitrogen while
transferring
cement from the cement truck to the cement silo.
3) Ultra high output cryo cooling units – used to cool large amounts of concrete up to
-160˚C.
We offer liquid nitrogen supply; design, engineering and installation of equipment and
feasibility studies
and cost/benefit analysis
