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HDES Service & Engineering BV has been awarded a MIT feasibility study from the Province of South Holland to start investigating the possibilities to make the Cool Gas Generators even more sustainable. HDES has already started with this by offering a re-fill service for its MINOS Cool Gas Generators and a refund when customers return their spent Cool Gas Generators. This study will look at all different aspects of the Cool Gas Generator life cycle, from raw materials to production methods and facilities, transport and use by customers to disposal and re-use and the end of life. Special attention will […]

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Corneel Bogaert, Content Creator & Technology Broker of the Noordwijk Space Business Incubation Centre (SBIC) has written an article on the HDES company with special attention to the Oxygen generator for General Practitioners. It gives a good overview where HDES is now in het product and company development. Please follow the link here for the article on the SBIC website. HDES generates life-saving product from space technology

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As part of the development of the MINOS CO2 Cool Gas Generator, the  generator had to be classified for a transportation class. HDES worked together with TNO to prepare and perform the required tests. Early March, the final test was carried out with two CGGs inside a specifically designed transport box. Based on the results of this test, on 14 March 2023, TNO formally classified the MINOS CGG outside the pyrotechnic class while inside the transport box. With this classification, MINOS CGGs can be transported all over the world, even by airplane. This is a major step into the development […]

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On the 21ste of February, the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the MINOS Cool Gas Generator was held. In the MINOS project a 20 normal liter Carbon dioxide Cool Gas generator is being developed and qualified for use in space propulsion systems. In this project, under a SBIR contract of the Netherlands Space Office (NSO), HDES leads a team of Bradford Engineering and TNO to complete this development in a very short time of 13 months. During the CDR, the team presented the test results of the Engineering Model and also presented the Modified Qualification Model design modifications. The documentation […]

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Every year each of the ESA brokers organises a competition for new technology transfer ideas. Ferry Janssen (GP) and Berry sanders (HDES) participated this year with their idea to use the EVE Oxygen Cool Gas Generator for general practitioners so they can help patients with breathing problems until an ambulance arrives. This idea is a further development of the EVE prototype that has recently been tested by the HDES team. Ferry and Berry intend to use the prize to further develop the business plan. Ferry will work with his colleagues to further define the product and Berry will work on […]

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EVE team tests full prototype of an oxygen Cool Gas Generator A team lead by HDES and consisting of Lencon Engineering and AOW Consultancy has demonstrated a full prototype of an oxygen cool gas generator for breathing applications. This prototype was developed in the framework of the EVE MIT co-operation project sponsored by the Province of Zuid Holland. In the EVE project HDES developed the oxygen producing charge for the oxygen generator and designed the overall system, including the activation. Lencon focused on designing a suitable housing that kept the outside wall cool enough that it can held by hand, […]

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HDES Service & Engineering BV will be present at the ESA Industry Space Days on Wednesday and Thursday. Please come and met us at the ESA BIC stand where we will be showing our Cool Gas Generators products and services. We will inform you on our products and projects and can discuss how we could co-operate to win new projects.

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On July 8th 2022, the Minos project team and external reviewers came together at the SBIC to discuss the design of the first space CO2 Cool Gas Generator. During the meeting all different aspects of the design were discussed, questions were raised and comments and tips were given. The general opinion was that the design was sound and was ready move to the next phase of the development which is building and testing the Engineering Models. The design team then started working to include all comments and advise into the design and documentation. With an updated design and documenation the […]

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With the new enlarged test set-up available, HDES continues its heavy testing schedule with tests taking place every week. These prototype tests have proven the correct working of the Oxygen Generator which is now entering its last stage of prototype development. On 14  April 2022 HDES did the first successful test with a full scale prototype of a CO2 cool gas generator. This test produced 27 liter of CO2 gas according to expectations. The CO2 generator is currently in development for maritime safety and space applications. See for more information and a video of the experiment our post on LinkedIn: […]

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On April, Dutch parliament member Pim van Strien visited the SBIC and HDES was one of the companies that were present. Berry Sanders presented HDES and showed Mr. Van Strien the different products we have in development. Mr. Van Strien was very interested in the cool gas generator and how it works. He said that innovative companies like HDES are very important for the economic strength of the Netherlands.  

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