Advances in Cryogenic Engineering

Front Matter....Pages iii-xv
Cryogenic H 2 and National Energy Needs....Pages 1-11
The Economics of Liquid Hydrogen Supply for Air Transportation....Pages 12-22
The UCLA Hydrogen Car....Pages 23-27
Cryogenic Engineering and Fusion Power....Pages 28-34
Superconducting Electrical Generators for Central Power Station Use....Pages 35-43
Cryogenic Considerations in the Development and Operation of a Large Superconducting Synchronous Generator....Pages 44-52
Superconducting Alternator Test Results....Pages 53-58
Alternating Field Losses in the Superconductor for a Large High-Speed AC Generator....Pages 59-66
A Review of Superconducting Magnetic Systems for Generating Transverse Magnetic Fields....Pages 67-77
European Progress in Cryopower Transmission....Pages 78-91
Research on a Laboratory Model of Superconducting Test Cable....Pages 92-100
Development of a Rigid AC Superconducting Power Transmission Line....Pages 101-108
A Supercritical Helium Facility for Measuring High-Voltage Breakdown....Pages 109-116
Superconducting Energy Storage....Pages 117-126
High-Speed Transportation Levitated by Superconducting Magnet....Pages 127-136
SRI Magnetic Suspension Studies for High-Speed Vehicles....Pages 137-153
AC Losses in Multifilamentary Superconducting Composites for Levitated Trains Under AC and DC Magnetic Fields....Pages 154-161
Shaped Field Superconductive DC Ship Drive Systems....Pages 162-170
Alternating Current Losses in Superconducting Conductors for Low-Field Applications....Pages 171-180
The Application of Loss Models to Superconducting Solenoids....Pages 181-185
Investigation of the Dynamic Processes Occurring in Superconducting Windings....Pages 186-192
Analysis of Cryogenic Current Leads with Normal Conductors and Superconductors in Parallel....Pages 193-199
A Decade of Involvement with Small Gas-Lubricated Turbines....Pages 200-208
Gas Bearing Cryogenic Expansion Turbines....Pages 209-215
Pneumatically Driven Split-Cycle Cryogenic Refrigerator....Pages 216-220
Theoretical Analysis of Pneumatically Driven Split-Cycle Cryogenic Refrigerators....Pages 221-230
Refrigeration for the Culham Superconducting Levitron....Pages 231-238
Heat Load due to Ortho-Para Conversion in a Closed-Loop Hydrogen Refrigerator....Pages 239-240
Prototype Tests on a 200-W Forced Convection Liquid Hydrogen/Deuterium Target....Pages 241-247
Liquid Hydrogen Pumping for Hydrogen Targets....Pages 248-252
Effect of Weathering of LNG in Storage Tanks....Pages 253-260
Design of LNG Receiving Terminals....Pages 261-268
Some Important Factors in LNG Tanker Design Selection....Pages 269-275
Near-Term Trends in LNG Tankship Design....Pages 276-281
Status Report on LNG Tanker Designs....Pages 282-291
Phase Equilibria for Systems Containing Nitrogen, Methane, and Propane....Pages 292-299
Liquid-Vapor Equilibria in the Nitrogen-Methane System between 95 and 120 K....Pages 300-308
Gas-Liquid Equilibria of the CO 2 -CO and CO 2 -CH 4 -CO Systems....Pages 309-319
Solubility of Solid Benzene, Toluene, n -Hexane, and n -Heptane in Liquid Methane....Pages 320-326
Phase Behavior of the Methane-Carbon Dioxide System in the Solid-Vapor Region....Pages 327-338
Calculation of LNG Excess Volumes by a Modified Hard-Sphere Model....Pages 339-345
A New Correlation between Heating Values for LNG Custody Transfer....Pages 346-357
Scaled Parametric Equation of State for Oxygen in the Critical Region....Pages 358-364
Superfluid Thermodynamic Transport Limits for Liquid Helium II....Pages 365-372
A Simple Method for Charpy Impact Testing below 6K....Pages 373-378
An Iron-Nickel-Titanium Alloy with Outstanding Toughness at Cryogenic Temperature....Pages 379-384
Compressive Load-Deflection Characteristics of Several Foam Materials at Room Temperature, 77 K and 4.2 K....Pages 385-392
A Structural Plastic Foam Thermal Insulation for Cryogenic Service....Pages 393-399
A Differential Thermal Analysis Apparatus for Use at Cryogenic Temperatures....Pages 400-403
Forced Convection Heat Transfer to Subcritical Helium I....Pages 404-416
Vaporization Onset Heat Flux for Flat Plates in Saturated Liquid Helium II....Pages 417-426
Heat Transfer to Slush Hydrogen....Pages 427-436
A Countercurrent Heat Exchanger that Compensates Automatically for Maldistribution of Flow in Parallel Channels....Pages 437-444
Design and Selection of Cryogenic Heat Exchangers....Pages 445-462
Separation of Nitrogen from Helium Using Pressure-Swing Adsorption....Pages 463-473
Cryocontamination of Optical Solar Reflectors and Mirrors....Pages 474-481
Thermal Performance Characteristics of a Combined External Insulation System under Simulated Space Vehicle Operating Conditions....Pages 482-489
Multistage Radiative Coolers for Spacecraft Sensors....Pages 490-499
RF Gauging Efforts with Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen as Applicable to Subcritical Space Vehicle Systems....Pages 500-508
Computed Wicking Rates of Cryogens at Low Gravity for Selected Screens....Pages 509-515
Back Matter....Pages 517-528