Refrigeration – Storage of solidified or liquified gas – With conservation of cryogen by reduction of vapor to liquid...
Patent
1994-01-14
1996-03-05
Capossela, Ronald C.
Refrigeration
Storage of solidified or liquified gas
With conservation of cryogen by reduction of vapor to liquid...
62 511, F17C 502
Patent
active
054957184
ABSTRACT:
A refrigeration system includes a dewar and a refrigerator/liquefier which meets the variable demands of a superconducting magnet within the dewar. The system is sized to meet average loads over a defined duty cycle, and is variably operable to meed demands. In the preferred embodiment, a first supply of fluid circulates through a "condenser" element positioned in a dewar ullage to liquefy a separate supply of fluid in the dewar, and to refrigerate a pulsed cryogenic load therein, such as a superconducting magnet. A portion of the first supply of fluid may be diverted to refrigerate a second pulsed cryogenic load, such as magnet current leads permanently connected to the magnet. The dewar includes a cold gas vapor storage chamber separate from the dewar ullage, and the chamber is preferably located within the inner core of a solenoid superconducting magnet for compact and thermally efficient design. Responsive, independent adjustment of refrigeration to pulsed cryogenic loads is made possible.
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Burnett Sibley C.
Hood Charles B.
Pierce James G.
Purcell John R.
Capossela Ronald C.
Gegenheimer C. Michael
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