Abstract

An 18 [email protected] K & 4 kW@2 K helium refrigerator is being developed in China by the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS. This large-scale helium refrigerator provides different cooling capacity at the 50-75 K, 4.5-75 K and 2 K levels. This helium refrigerator works based on Claude cycle refrigeration process, which uses 5 sets of turbines (10 turbines totally) to bring the temperature down to 4.5 K. Four cold compressors are arranged in series to pump gaseous helium from atmospheric pressure to 0.03 bar in order to decrease the temperature of 2 K helium bath from 4.5 K down to 2 K. A set of subatmospheric pressure compressors is used to compress subatmospheric helium gas downstream from cold compressors to medium pressure 4.05 bar and is connected directly to high pressure compressors. This paper provides an overview on the process design, system design and preliminary component design results in the development of this 18 [email protected] K & 4 kW@2 K helium refrigerator.

Details

Title
Development of an 18 [email protected] K & 4 kW@2 K Helium Refrigerator
Author
J Li 1 ; Zhou, G 1 ; Liu, L Q 2 ; Li, Z Y 1 ; Du, J J 3 ; Wu, J H 2 ; Wang, J Z 1 ; Gong, L H 2 

 Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, 100190 , China 
 Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, 100190 , China; University of Chinese Academy of Science , Beijing 100049 , China 
 University of Chinese Academy of Science , Beijing 100049 , China 
First page
012128
Publication year
2024
Publication date
May 2024
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3076284700
Copyright
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