Triple Eight Race Engineering — Engine Intake Cooling System
Design, prefabrication and installation of a 27 kW chilled water skid for engine dyno-cell intake air cooling
A prefabricated cooling skid keeping Triple Eight's dyno engines on song
Project story
Quantum Engineering Group was engaged by Triple Eight Race Engineering to design and deliver an engine intake cooling system for their dyno test facility at Banyo. QEG produced concept options, layout sketches and a psychrometric analysis to size the cooling, then designed and prefabricated a skid-mounted plant containing the chillers, buffer tank, air handling unit and BMS controls. The skid was assembled and tested off-site to minimise dyno-cell downtime, then delivered and installed on site with associated supply-air ductwork into the test cell. A variation consolidated the original 2 x 14 kW chiller arrangement into a single 27 kW unit. Final connection to the engine inlet was made by Triple Eight.
Equipment installed
- 1 x 27 kW Midea M Thermal Arctic Mono air-cooled chiller (per VQ001 — in lieu of original 2 x 14 kW)
- 200 L insulated buffer tank with aluminium cladding (Aquazone)
- Air handling unit with EC variable-speed plug fan, cooling coil, fast-acting electric heater, air filter — outdoor rated
- Belimo LMQ24A-SR motorised dampers (2 off, fast-acting)
- Spiral supply-air ductwork to dyno cell
- Distech ECY-250 BMS controller with Eclypse Facilities software, temperature/humidity sensors, differential pressure switch
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