Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Volume 31

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
A Tribute to Samuel C. Collins: September 28, 1898 – June 19, 1984....Pages 1-11
Where is The Superconducting Supercollider (SSC) Today?....Pages 13-23
A 6.4 Tesla Dipole Magnet For the SSC....Pages 25-35
5-cm, No Iron SSC 6-m Dipole Test Program....Pages 37-45
Quench Simulation of 3 Tesla SSC Dipole Magnets....Pages 47-56
The SSC Cryogenic System....Pages 57-62
The Cryostat for the SSC 6 T Magnet Option....Pages 63-71
Design, Construction and Performance of a Post Type Cryogenic Support....Pages 73-80
Thermal Shield Bowing in Long Superconducting Magnets....Pages 81-87
Cryostat for the SSC Superferric Magnet Option....Pages 89-102
Design and Cost of a Utility Scale Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Plant....Pages 103-111
Two-Layer Solenoids for Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES)....Pages 113-120
Liquid Helium Dump Concept for A Large Scale Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Plant....Pages 121-129
Environmental Impact of Magnetic Fields Generated by A Large Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) System....Pages 131-139
Application of Internally Cooled Superconductors to Tokamak Fusion Reactors....Pages 141-150
Mit 12 Tesla Coil Experimental Results....Pages 151-158
Bipolar Sweep Test of A 3 MJ Pulsed Superconducting Magnet....Pages 159-166
Test Results on Full-Scale Superconducting Dipole Models for UNK in Force-Circulating Cooling Mode....Pages 167-171
A Prototype Superconducting Insertion Quadrupole Magnet for Tristan....Pages 173-180
Testing of the Superconducting Solenoid for the Fermilab Collider Detector....Pages 181-190
Test Results and Design Details of the Tohoku Bubble Chamber Magnet....Pages 191-198
Superconducting Magnets for the Hybrid Magnets at Tohoku University....Pages 199-207
Design and Construction of a 11-T Superconducting Magnet System With A 30 mm Diameter 4.2–400 K Bore....Pages 209-216
Test Results of the Vapor-Cooled Leads for the IFSMT....Pages 217-224
Development of High-Current Vapor-Cooled Current Leads for Fusion Devices....Pages 225-233
Design Chart of Optimum Current Leads....Pages 235-242
An Experimental Mechanical Switch for 3 kA Driven by Superconducting Coils....Pages 243-249
Construction and Testing of a Rotating Helium Coupling for a Superconducting Generator....Pages 251-258
Acoustic Emission Diagnostic & Monitoring Techniques for Superconducting Magnets....Pages 259-268
Monitoring Large Superconducting Magnets Using Acoustic Emission Technology....Pages 269-276
Acoustic Emission Measurement on Large Scale Coils at Jaeri....Pages 277-284
Acoustic Emission Measurements for Locating High-Voltage Breakdowns in Large Superconducting Magnet Systems....Pages 285-292
Application of Acoustic Emission Technique to a Multi-Filamentary 15.1 Tesla Superconducting Magnet System....Pages 293-302
Acoustic Emission Instrumentation for a Superconducting Dipole....Pages 303-308
Application of the Acoustic Emission Technique as a Monitoring System for an FRP Cryostat....Pages 309-316
Dissipative Energies of Epoxy Cracking in Superconducting Magnets....Pages 317-323
Dissipative Energies of an Epoxy Resin & Mica at 4.2 K....Pages 325-331
Mechanical Performance of Superconducting Cables Subject to Cyclic Stresses....Pages 333-340
Pool-Cooled Superconducting Coils: Past, Present and Future....Pages 341-354
How Far will a Magnet go Without Helium?....Pages 355-364
Quench Energies of Potted Magnets, III....Pages 365-373
Practical Design Aspects for Superconducting Magnets Cooled with Pool Boiling He-I....Pages 375-382
Normal Zone Evolution and Propagation in a Cryogenically Stable Superconductor....Pages 383-390
Stability Measurements of a Superconductor Cooled By a Two-Dimensional Channel of Helium II....Pages 391-398
Temperature and Voltage Analysis of a Protection Scheme for Large Energy Storage Coils....Pages 399-406
Three Computer Codes for Safety and Stability of Large Superconducting Magnets....Pages 407-414
The Effect of Fluid Property Variations on the Performance of Cryogenic Helium Heat Exchangers....Pages 415-422
Enhancement of Condensation Heat Transfer Inside V-Type Corrugated Vertical Tubes....Pages 423-430
Channel Heat Transfer in He I - Steady State Orientation Dependence....Pages 431-438
Temperature Dependence of the Time Delay to the Onset of Film Boiling in Liquid Helium....Pages 439-446
Reverse Convection in Helium and Other Fluids in the High Speed Rotating Frame: Negative and Positive Buoyancy Effects....Pages 447-454
An Experimental Study of Heat Transfer in Multilayer Insulation Systems from Room Temperature to 77 K....Pages 455-463
Boiling In Saturated He II....Pages 465-472
Analysis of Flow Instability of Supercritical Helium in Curved Tubing....Pages 473-480
Dynamical Behaviour of HeII Circulation Loop under Heat Load....Pages 481-487
Steady State Forced Convection Heat Transfer in He II....Pages 489-498
Heat Transfer from Thin Wires to Superfluid Helium under Reduced Gravity....Pages 499-504
Determination of the Darcy Permeability of Porous Media Including Sintered Metal Plugs....Pages 505-515
4 K Refrigerator and Interface for MRI Cryostats....Pages 517-524
Refrigerator Operating Experience on Whole Body MRI Magnet Systems....Pages 525-532
Low Temperature Closed Cooling System for MRI Magnets....Pages 533-541
Cryogenic Design of the Stochastic Cooling Pick-Ups for the Cern Antiproton Collector (ACOL)....Pages 543-550
A Cryostat for Radio Astronomy Receivers Using Superconducting Mixers at Millimetre Wavelengths....Pages 551-557
A Liquid Helium Distributing Refrigerator for Materials Testing Machines....Pages 559-566
Cryogenic Aspects of the Hybrid Magnet at Tohoku University....Pages 567-574
Design and Performance of a Liquid Helium Cryopump Operating in the Viscous Flow Regime....Pages 575-581
Cryogenic Systems for the Mirror Fusion Test Facility....Pages 583-594
The Jet Cryogenic Supply System....Pages 595-606
The TORE SUPRA 300 W – 1.75 K Refrigerator....Pages 607-615
Performance of the IFSMTF Helium Refrigerator in Partial-Array Tests....Pages 617-626
Operational Tests of the BNL 24.8 kW, 3.8 K Helium Refrigerator....Pages 627-633
The Refrigeration System for the Superconducting Proton Ring of the Electron Proton Collider HERA....Pages 635-645
Recent Operating Experience with the Fermilab Central Helium Liquefier....Pages 647-656
Operational History Of Fermilab’s 1500 W Refrigerator Used for Energy Saver Magnet Production Testing....Pages 657-665
Cryogenic System of the MIT-DOE Superconducting Generator....Pages 667-675
Configuration and Testing of a Saturated Vapor Helium Compressor....Pages 677-683
Experimental Investigation of a New Type Expander....Pages 685-692
Second Law Analysis of the Helium Refrigerators for the Hera Proton Magnet Ring....Pages 693-698
Capacity Upgrade of the Exell Helium Liquefier Plant by the Addition of a Wet Engine....Pages 699-707
Two Phase Cooling for Superconducting Magnets....Pages 709-714
Thermal Analysis of Superconducting Coil Precooled by Helium Gas....Pages 715-722
Computer Calculations on Steady-State Operation and Different Modes of Cool Down and Warm Up of the HERA Superconducting Proton Ring....Pages 723-731
Magnetic Refrigeration Study at CEA Grenoble....Pages 733-742
Experimental Results on a Low-Temperature Magnetic Refrigerator....Pages 743-752
Reciprocating Magnetic Refrigerator for Helium Liquefaction....Pages 753-762
An Experimental Study Simulating the Helium Liquefaction Process in a Reciprocating Magnetic Refrigerator....Pages 763-769
Improvement of Liquefaction Efficiency of the Heat Pipe Type Magnetic Refrigerator....Pages 771-777
A Comparison of Three Types of Pulse Tube Refrigerators: New Methods for Reaching 60K....Pages 779-789
Development of a Small Stirling Cycle Cooler for Spaceflight Applications....Pages 791-799
Performance of the Oxford Miniature Stirling Cycle Refrigerator....Pages 801-809
Development of Small Size Claude Cycle Helium Refrigerator with Micro Turbo-Expander....Pages 811-818
Dynamic Design of Gas Sorption J-T Refrigerator....Pages 819-828
Design and Test of a Novel Miniature Cryogenic Expansion Turbine....Pages 829-833
Status of Solid Cryogen Coolers....Pages 835-849
Scientific and Engineering Aspects of the Active Phase Separator....Pages 851-860
The Liquid-Vapor Transition in Porous Plug Operation....Pages 861-868
Preliminary Results of the Spacelab 2 Superfluid Helium Experiment....Pages 869-879
Cryogenic Implications of Orbit Selection of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)....Pages 881-888
Study of an All SFHE SIRTF Cryogenic System....Pages 889-896
Transferring Superfluid Helium in Space....Pages 897-904
Cryogenic Fluid Management Facility....Pages 905-914
Systems Considerations for Cryogenic Thermal Switch Development....Pages 915-923
A Self-Actuated Thermal Switch for Operation with Redundant Mechanical Refrigerators....Pages 925-932
Getter-Activated Cryogenic Thermal Switch....Pages 933-940
System Structural Test Results: Six Pods III Supports....Pages 941-949
Cold Assembly of Leak Tight Demountable Joints....Pages 951-955
Cryogenic Tank Stratification a Simpler Approach....Pages 957-962
Numerical Simulation of Self Pressurization in a Small Cryogenic Tank....Pages 963-971
Sizing an Emergency Venting System for a Cryogenic Dewar....Pages 973-981
Development of Honeycomb Sandwich Materials in the Construction of Cryogenic Dewar Outer Shells....Pages 983-990
A Generic Pump/Compressor Design for Circulation of Cryogenic Fluids....Pages 991-997
Submersible Fans and Pumps for Cryogenic Fluids....Pages 999-1005
Refrigerated Dynamic Seal TO 6.9 MPa (1000 psi)....Pages 1007-1016
Special Transfer Lines for the Spallation Neutron Source....Pages 1017-1025
A Liquid Helium Transfer Line System for Superconducting RF Cavity....Pages 1027-1034
Liquid Hydrogen - Cryofuel in Ground Transportation....Pages 1035-1046
Liquid Hydrogen Fueled Diesel Automobile with Liquid Hydrogen Pump....Pages 1047-1056
Safety in New Uses of Hydrogen Energy....Pages 1057-1062
Cryogenic Air Separation: The Last Twenty Years....Pages 1063-1070
Gas Separation by Pressure Swing Adsorption....Pages 1071-1086
Design and Performance of a 90,800 Kilogram Per Day Nitrogen Reliquefier for the Fermilab Energy Saver....Pages 1087-1094
LNG Processes....Pages 1095-1100
Updating LNG Plants....Pages 1101-1110
Simulation of the Geysering Phenomenon in LNG Pipes....Pages 1111-1119
Design and Construction of a 140,000 Cubic Metre LNG Inground Storage Tank....Pages 1121-1128
Enhanced Integrity LNG Storage Tanks....Pages 1129-1139
LNG Tank Foundation Heating Parameters....Pages 1141-1149
An Engineering Simulation of LNG Tank Rollover....Pages 1151-1159
A New Fundamental Equation for Thermodynamic Property Correlations....Pages 1161-1168
A New Three-Parameter Pseudo-Cubic Equation of State....Pages 1169-1179
Prediction of VLE Values for Systems Containing Hydrogen Using the Van Der Waals Equation....Pages 1181-1188
Thermodynamic Properties of Neon for Temperatures from the Triple Point to 700 K at Pressures to 700 MPa....Pages 1189-1197
Orthobaric Liquid Densities and Dielectric Constants of Carbon Dioxide....Pages 1199-1204
Preparation of Low HD Contamination Cells for the Measurement of the Triple Point Temperature of n-D 2 ....Pages 1205-1210
Cryogenic Instrumentation with Cold Electronics — a Review....Pages 1211-1220
Some Practical Solutions to Measurement Problems Encountered at Low Temperatures and High Magnetic Fields....Pages 1221-1230
The Challenge of Temperature Measurement Below 0.3 K in Very High Magnetic Fields....Pages 1231-1234
A Thermometer for Fast Response in Cryogenic Flow....Pages 1235-1246
Reliable Wide-Range Diode Thermometry....Pages 1247-1254
A Thin Film Amorphous Semiconductor Temperature Sensor....Pages 1255-1262
Noise Thermometry with Commercial Squids....Pages 1263-1268
Detection of temperature Rise at 4.2 k by Using a Dual-Core Optical Fiber - An Optical Method to Detect a Quench of a Superconducting Magnet.....Pages 1269-1275
Cryogenic Applications of Capacitance-Type Pressure Sensors....Pages 1277-1284
Measuring Heat Leak with a Heatmeter....Pages 1285-1290
Heat Leak Measurement Facility....Pages 1291-1298
Monitor For the Quality Factor in Two-Phase Helium Flow Using a Low Temperature Oscillator....Pages 1299-1307
A New Type of Superconducting Direct Current Meter for 25 kA....Pages 1309-1313
A Precision Cryogenic Temperature Data Acouisition System....Pages 1315-1320
A Limit to the Use of Second Sound Holography....Pages 1321-1324
The Development of Cryosurgical Instruments for Internal Medicine....Pages 1325-1330
Development of a Flexible Cryo-Instrument for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy....Pages 1331-1335
Back Matter....Pages 1337-1346