Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Proceeding of the 1970 Cryogenic Engineering Conference The University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado June 17–17, 1970

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Applications of Superconductivity and Cryogenics in Electric Power Systems....Pages 1-10
British Developments in Superconductivity Applications....Pages 11-18
Superconductivity in High-Energy Physics....Pages 19-26
Tensile Properties and Notch Toughness of Some 7XXX Alloys at —452°F....Pages 27-36
Low-Temperature Tensile Properties of Polyethylene Terephthalate Multifiber Yarn and Polystyrene Foam....Pages 37-45
Magnetic Properties of Commercial Soft Magnetic Alloys at Cryogenic Temperatures....Pages 46-50
The Glass Temperature and the Specific Heat of Apiezon N and T Greases....Pages 51-53
New Equation of State for Methane and Propane from Study of Isochoric Data and Multiproperty Analysis....Pages 54-63
Calculation of Thermofunctions of Fluorine....Pages 64-77
NTWO—A Nitrogen-Properties Package....Pages 78-87
Phase Equilibria of the Helium-Nitrogen System from 122 to 126°K....Pages 88-95
A Comparison of Rate Expressions for the Low-Temperature Para-Orthohydrogen Shift....Pages 96-103
Advances in Thermal Insulation....Pages 104-108
Experimental Study of a New PVC Foam Insulation System for Liquid-Hydrogen-Liquid-Oxygen Space Vehicles....Pages 109-117
High-Performance Spray-Foam Insulation for Application on Saturn S-II Stage....Pages 118-127
Open-Cell Cryogenic Insulation....Pages 128-137
Experimental Investigation of Lateral Heat Transfer in Cryogenic Multilayer Insulation....Pages 138-142
A Temperature-Decay Method for Determining Superinsulation Conductivity....Pages 143-153
Large-Scale Refrigeration Systems for the Temperature Range of 1.0 to 1.85°K....Pages 154-162
Helium-II Refrigerator for 300 W at 1.8°K....Pages 163-170
Hydraulically Operated Two-Phase Helium Expansion Engine....Pages 171-177
Triple-Expansion Stirling-Cycle Refrigerator....Pages 178-184
A Miniature, Vibration-Free, Rhombic-Drive, Stirling-Cycle Cooler....Pages 185-194
A Modified Solvay-Cycle Cryogenic Refrigerator....Pages 195-204
A Miniature Self-Regulating Rapid-Cooling Joule-Thomson Cryostat....Pages 205-213
Closed-Cycle Refrigeration for an Airborne Illuminator....Pages 214-220
A Heat-Balance Analysis of a Gifford-McMahon Cryorefrigerator....Pages 221-229
Instrumentation for Storage and Transfer of Hydrogen Slush....Pages 230-240
Microwave Methods for Cryogenic Liquid and Slush Instrumentation....Pages 241-250
Fluid-Phase and Temperature Measurement with a Single Sensor. II....Pages 251-260
Capacitive-Thermometry Characteristics of a Titanate Glass-Ceramic at Low Temperatures....Pages 261-267
The Pressure Distribution in a Liquid-Nitrogen Cold Trap....Pages 268-276
A Superfluid Plug for Space....Pages 277-281
Application of a Superfluid Valve in a Variable-Temperature Dewar....Pages 282-284
A Magnetically Operated Cryogenic Valve....Pages 285-287
Residual Gas Conduction Near Liquid-Helium Temperatures....Pages 288-291
A New Criterion for the Design of Gas-Cooled Cryogenic Current Leads....Pages 292-297
A Continuous-Distillation Apparatus for the Separation of He 3 from He 4 ....Pages 298-301
Analytical and Experimental Studies of Compact Wire-Screen Heat Exchangers....Pages 302-311
The Design of Thermal Regenerators for Stirling-Type Refrigerators....Pages 312-323
Heat-Transfer and Flow-Friction Characteristics of Dense-Mesh Wire-Screen Stirling-Cycle Regenerators....Pages 324-332
Performance of Regenerators at Low Temperatures....Pages 333-341
Shuttle Heat Transfer....Pages 342-351
Heat Transfer from Horizontal Cylinders to a Saturated Helium-I Bath....Pages 352-358
Nucleate Boiling of Liquid Helium I on Gallium Single Crystals....Pages 359-367
Supercritical Helium Cooling of Hollow Superconductors....Pages 368-377
Discrepancies in Critical-Heat-Flux Data Obtained Using Thin-Wire Heaters in Saturated Liquid Helium II....Pages 378-385
High-Speed Motion-Picture Studies of Film Boiling in Liquid Helium II....Pages 386-392
Near-Isothermal Dissipative Flow of Liquid He II at Supercritical Velocities....Pages 393-401
A Study of Film Boiling of Corresponding-States Fluids over a Wide Pressure Range with Cylindrical Heaters....Pages 402-411
Film Pool Boiling of Nitrogen from Flat Surfaces....Pages 412-415
Experimental Effects of Pressure, Subcooling, and Diameter on Thin-Wire Film Boiling of Liquid Nitrogen....Pages 416-425
Influence of Swirl Flow on Heat Transfer To Nitrogen In Dispersed-Flow Film Boiling....Pages 426-434
Buoyancy Effects on Liquid-Nitrogen Film Boiling in Vertical Flow....Pages 435-444
Anomalous Behavior of Liquid-Nitrogen Drops in Film Boiling....Pages 445-454
Liquid or Solid on Liquid in Leidenfrost Film Boiling....Pages 455-466
Total Normal Emittances of Some Real Surfaces at Cryogenic Temperatures....Pages 467-474
Measurements of Film-Condensation Heat Transfer on Vertical Tubes for Nitrogen, Hydrogen, and Deuterium....Pages 475-481
Design of Water-To-Cryogen Heat Exchangers with Variable-Thickness Ice Films....Pages 482-493
Vibration Effects on Convective Heat Transfer in a Cryogen-Filled Enclosure....Pages 494-501
Back Matter....Pages 502-509