Refrigeration – Storage of solidified or liquified gas – Including cryostat
Patent
1997-02-24
1998-10-06
Kilner, Christopher
Refrigeration
Storage of solidified or liquified gas
Including cryostat
2504431, F25B 1900
Patent
active
058160523
ABSTRACT:
An improved X-ray spectrometer detector system includes a mechanical cooling system with a compressor connected by supply and return lines to a cryocooler connected to an X-ray dispersive spectrometer detector for an electron microscope. Within a housing containing a cryocooler heat exchanger, a heat sink thermal mass is thermally connected to a cold finger heat conducting structure which has the X-ray detector mounted at its distal end. The housing insulates the cryocooler heat exchanger and the heat sink from the external ambient. The compressor unit is operated to cool the detector to a desired low operating temperature at which precision measurements may be made. When such measurements are to be made, the compressor is turned off to minimize vibrations that could interfere with X-ray detector measurements or the operation of the electron microscope. The total heat capacity of the thermal mass of the heat sink is sufficient to cause the temperature of the detector to increase gradually while the compressor is turned off to allow a long period of time during which precision measurements may be made without any mechanical vibrations being introduced into the system from active refrigeration. When a temperature of the detector exceeds a higher threshold temperature, the compressor may automatically be turned back on to cool the detector down again to its desired operating range.
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Foote Steven J.
McCarthy Jon J.
Kilner Christopher
Noran Instruments, Inc.
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