Advances in Cryogenic Engineering

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in 1987....Pages 1-7
The Past, Present and Future of MRI Superconducting Magnet Development....Pages 9-18
Dynamic Processes in String of full Scale Superconducting Magnets with Field 5 T....Pages 19-23
Design of a Strongly Curved Superconducting Bending Magnet for a Compact Synchrotron Light Source....Pages 25-32
Testing of a 3 Tesla Superconducting Magnet for the AMY Detector at Tristan....Pages 33-40
Superconducting Magnets for Fusion Applications....Pages 41-51
An Industrial Superconducting High Gradient Magnetic Separator....Pages 53-60
13.4 T Generation by Superfluid Cooling....Pages 61-67
The Potential Impact of Developing High T C Superconductors on Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES)....Pages 69-76
Superconductivity: The Ultimate Electronic Technology....Pages 77-86
Cryogenic Requirements for Medical Instrumentation....Pages 87-95
Instrumentation for Clinical Applications of Neuromagnetism....Pages 97-106
High-Resolution Measurements of Biomagnetic Fields....Pages 107-116
Efficiency Aspects in Superconducting Rectifiers....Pages 117-124
Effect of Epoxy Cracking on Stability of Impregnated Windings Related to Thermal and Mechanical Properties....Pages 125-133
Local Temperature Rise after Quench due to Epoxy Cracking in Impregnated Superconducting Windings....Pages 135-142
Helium Pressure rise of Superconducting Super Collider Dipole Magnets Following a Quench....Pages 143-148
Modeling of Proximity Coupling between Superconducting Filaments in Superconducting Dipole Magnets....Pages 149-157
AC Loss and Stability of a Force-Cooled Superconducting Coil with a Bias Pulsed Superconducting Magnet....Pages 159-166
Quench Detection by Fluid Dynamic Means in Cable-In-Conduit Superconductors....Pages 167-174
Thermal Analysis of the Forced Cooled Conductor for the TF Superconducting Coils in the TIBER II ETR Design....Pages 175-182
Simulation of Nonstationary Thermal Regimes in Cryogenic Loops for Tokamak-15 Electromagnets....Pages 183-186
The Transient Stability of Large Scale Superconductors Cooled in Superfluid Helium....Pages 187-194
Evolution of Normal Zones and Temperature in a Superconductor Cooled Internally with Helium-II....Pages 195-202
Protection System for Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES)....Pages 203-210
The Twente high-current Conductor test Facility, First Results on Critical Current and Propagation in two Cables....Pages 211-218
Short Sample Critical Current Measurements Using a Superconducting Transformer....Pages 219-226
SSC Magnet Cryostat Suspension System Design....Pages 227-234
Improved Design for a SSC Coil Assembly Suspension Connection....Pages 235-241
Cryogenic Support Thermal Performance Measurements....Pages 243-250
SSC Dipole Magnet Cryostat Thermal Model Measurement Results....Pages 251-258
Operating Experience of the IFSMTF Vapor-Cooled Lead System....Pages 259-266
Operation of Liquid Helium Level Sensors at Elevated Pressures....Pages 267-269
Design and Testing of Electrical Insulation for Superconducting Coils....Pages 271-281
Quench Detection of Superconducting Magnet by Dual-core Optical Fiber....Pages 283-290
Theory and Technique for Reducing the Effect of Cracks in Multilayer Insulation from Room Temperature to 77 K....Pages 291-298
Crack Covering Patch Technique to Reduce the Heat Flux From 77 k to 4.2 k Through Multilayer Insulation....Pages 299-304
Systematic Analysis of Characteristics for Different Types of Multilayer Insulations....Pages 305-311
Test of Multilayer Insulations for the Use in the Superconducting Proton-Ring of HERA....Pages 313-322
Thermal Performance of Candidate SSC Magnet Thermal Insulation Systems....Pages 323-331
Prototype of a Semiflexible multi-layer Insulated Enclosure for Cryogenic Power Cables and Pipelines....Pages 333-340
Design, Development, and Test of Shuttle/Centaur G-Prime Cryogenic Tankage Thermal Protection Systems....Pages 341-348
Sound Induced Enhancement of Heat Transfer from a Solid into Liquid Helium....Pages 349-354
Film Boiling to a Plate Facing Downward....Pages 355-362
Angular Dependence of Boiling Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Liquid Nitrogen....Pages 363-370
Boiling on a Cryogenically Cooled Pulsed Conductor....Pages 371-382
New Heat Transfer and Friction Factor Design Data for Perforated Plate Heat Exchangers....Pages 383-390
An Investigation into Flow Regimes for Two-Phase Helium Flow....Pages 391-398
Metastable Heat Flow Phenomena and Drooping Pressure Differences in He II Using Multiple Channel Configurations....Pages 399-406
Heat Transport Properties of Pressurized and Saturated He II in the Vicinity of T λ ....Pages 407-416
Application of a Square Function Heat Pulse to Forced Flow He II....Pages 417-424
Noiseless Film Boiling in Superfluid Helium on a Heated Thin (32 μm) Wire....Pages 425-430
Turbulent Transport of He II in Active and Passive Phase Separators Using Slit Devices and Porous Media....Pages 431-439
Observation of Two-Phase Helium Flows in a Horizontal Pipe....Pages 441-447
Pressure Drop and Temperature Rise in He II Flow in Round Tubes, Venturi Flowmeters and Valves....Pages 449-456
The Design of Fountain Effect Pumps....Pages 457-464
Operating Characteristics of Isocaloric Fountain-Effect Pumps....Pages 465-470
Operational Characteristics of Loops with Helium II Flow Driven by Fountain Effect Pumps....Pages 471-478
Performance Test of a Laboratory Pump for Liquid Transfer Based on the Fountain Effect....Pages 479-486
Lab Tests of a Thermomechanical Pump for SHOOT....Pages 487-495
Experiments on Transferring Helium II with a Thermomechanical Pump....Pages 497-505
Characterization of a Centrifugal Pump in He II....Pages 507-514
Performance of a Small Centrifugal Pump in He I and He II....Pages 515-524
Pump Performace Requirement for the Liquid Helium Orbital Resupply Tanker....Pages 525-532
Cryogenic Characteristics of the Topaz Thin Superconducting Solenoid....Pages 533-541
Pressure Drop in Forced Two Phase Cooling of the Large Thin Superconducting Solenoid....Pages 543-549
Cryogenic System of a 3 Tesla Superconducting Solenoid for the AMY Particle Detector at Tristan....Pages 551-557
Performance Test of the Hera 3 × 6500 w Helium Refrigeration Plant....Pages 559-567
Cryogenic Experience at the Hera Magnet Measurement Facility....Pages 569-576
Cryogenic Testing at the SSC String Test Facility....Pages 577-583
The Mirror Fusion Test Facility Cryogenic System — Performance, Management Approach, and Present Equipment Status....Pages 585-589
The TORE SUPRA 300 W — 1.75 K Refrigerator Report....Pages 591-597
System Design and Verification Test Results of Cryogenic System for Demonstration Poloidal Coil....Pages 599-606
Cryopump of the Neutral Beam Injector for JIPPT-II U....Pages 607-613
Cryogenic System for Tristan Superconducting RF Cavity....Pages 615-622
Cebaf’s Cryogenic System....Pages 623-630
Design Concepts for the Astromag Cryogenic System....Pages 631-637
A Cryogenic System for Fusion Neutron Irradiation and In-Situ Measurements on Superconductors....Pages 639-646
Cold Compression of Helium for Refrigeration Below 4 K....Pages 647-653
Tests of Cold Helium Compressors at Fermilab....Pages 655-662
Operating Experiences and Test Results of Six Cold Helium Compressors....Pages 663-674
The 300 W — 1.75 K Tore Supra Refrigerator Cold Centrifugal Compressors Report....Pages 675-681
Refrigeration for Electronics: Summary of a Panel Session....Pages 683-687
4 K Gifford Mc Mahon/Joule-Thomson Cycle Refrigerators....Pages 689-698
An Investigation into the Mechanics of Joule-Thomson Valve Plug Formation....Pages 699-706
Low-Cost, Compact Dilution Refrigerator: Operation from 200 to 20 mK....Pages 707-712
Control of the Interface between 3 He-Rich and 4 He-Rich Phases Using Electric Fields....Pages 713-717
Magnetic Refrigeration: A Review of a Developing Technology....Pages 719-731
Recent Progress in Magnetic Refrigeration Studies....Pages 733-741
An Ericsson Magnetic Refrigerator for Low Temperature....Pages 743-750
Analysis of Magnetic Refrigeration with External Regeneration....Pages 751-755
Rotary Recuperative Magnetic Heat Pump....Pages 757-765
Optimal Temperature -Entropy Curves for Magnetic Refrigeration....Pages 767-775
The Magnetocaloric Effect of Some Rare Earth Metals....Pages 777-783
Preparation and Fabrication of Rare Earth Magnetic Materials....Pages 785-790
Measured Properties of GdNi for Magnetic Refrigeration Applications....Pages 791-798
Current Developments in NASA Cryogenic Cooler Technology....Pages 799-807
High Pressure Ratio Cryocooler with Integral Expander and Heat Exchanger....Pages 809-818
Development of a Space Qualified Surface Tension Confined Liquid Cryogen Cooler (STCLCC)....Pages 819-826
Small Turbo-Brayton Cryocoolers....Pages 827-836
Small Vuilleumier Cooler....Pages 837-844
Small Scale Free Displacer Stirling Cryocooler....Pages 845-849
Development and Experimental Test of an Analytical Model of the Orifice Pulse Tube Refrigerator....Pages 851-859
Pulse Tube with Axial Curvature....Pages 861-868
Sorption Cryogenic Refrigeration — Status and Future....Pages 869-878
New Design of an Adiabatic Demagnetization Cryostat for Space Application....Pages 879-883
Bayonet for Superfluid Helium Transfer in Space....Pages 885-891
The Superfluid Helium On-Orbit Transfer (Shoot) Flight Experiment....Pages 893-900
Cryogenic and Thermal Design for the Superfluid Helium On-Orbit Transfer (SHOOT) Experiment....Pages 901-908
Acquisition System Testing with Superfluid Helium....Pages 909-916
Direct Liquid Content Measurement Applicable for He II Space Cryostats....Pages 917-923
Thermal Performance of the Cosmic Background Explorer Superfluid Helium Dewar, as Built and with an Improved Support System....Pages 925-933
Design and Test of a Modified Passive Orbital Disconnect Strut (PODS-IV)....Pages 935-942
Unique Cryogenic Features of the Gravity Probe B (GP-B) Experiment....Pages 943-953
An Adiabatic Demagnetization Cooled Bolometer System....Pages 955-961
Expansion Turbines and Refrigeration for Gas Separation and Liquefaction....Pages 963-973
Nitrogen Production for EOR....Pages 975-981
Recovery of Valuable Hydrocarbons Using Dephlegmator Technology....Pages 983-989
Optimization of the Operation of a Gas Terminal....Pages 991-997
New Measurements of the Tensile Strength of Liquid 4 He....Pages 999-1003
Simultaneous Pressure and Temperature Measurements on Helium in the High Speed Rotating Frame....Pages 1005-1012
Helium Adsorption on Activated Carbons at Temperatures between 4 and 76 K....Pages 1013-1021
High Pressure Adsorption Isotherms of Helium on Activated Charcoal....Pages 1023-1030
Temperature Dependence of the Cohesion Parameter for Calculating Binary VLE Values for Systems Containing Helium and Neon....Pages 1031-1038
Evidence of Unreliability of Factory Analyses of Argon Impurity in Oxygen....Pages 1039-1043
A New Square-Root-Type Pseudo-Cubic Equation of State....Pages 1045-1052
Review of Instrumentation for Superconducting Magnets....Pages 1053-1062
Cryogenic Instrumentation of an SSC Magnet Test Stand....Pages 1063-1070
Behavior of Turbine and Venturi Flowmeters in Superfluid Helium....Pages 1071-1079
Sonic Standing Wave Gas Density Monitor....Pages 1081-1087
An Electronic Balance for Weighing Foams at Cryogenic Temperatures....Pages 1089-1095
Electro-Optic Sampler for Characterization of Devices in a Cryogenic Environment....Pages 1097-1104
Control System for Helium Refrigerators of Tristan Detector Magnets....Pages 1105-1112
Experience with a Process Control System for Large Scale Cryogenic Systems....Pages 1113-1120
Cryogenic Design of the D-Zero Liquid Argon Collider Calorimeter....Pages 1121-1127
Cryogenic Pulsed Power Transformers....Pages 1129-1135
Aerospace Generators Using High-Purity Cryogenic Aluminum Rotor Conductor....Pages 1137-1145
Low Loss Liquid Helium Transfer System, Using a High Performance Centrifugal Pump and Cold Gas Exchange....Pages 1147-1152
A Miniature Cryogenic High Vacuum Valve....Pages 1153-1159
Test and Study for a Small-Sized Environmental Simulator of Space Radiant Coolers....Pages 1161-1166
A Cryogenic Source of Polarized Deuterons....Pages 1167-1170
Back Matter....Pages 1171-1178