摘要:
A CRYOGENIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONTINUOUSLY SUPPLYING LIQUID HELIUM AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 4.2*K. BY REDUCING THE VAPOR PRESSURE OVER LIQUID HELIUM TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THE DESIRED TEMPERATURE. THE RESULTING COLD, SUBATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE GAS IS EXTRACTED AND, SUBSEQUENT TO ITS USE IN INDIRECTLY COOLING A PORTION OF FLUID CIRCULATED IN AN INTEGRATED CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR, IS COMPRESSED AND RETURNED TO THE SYSTEM AT ESSENTIALLY AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for liquefying relatively large quantities of a cryogen, helium in particular. After the high-pressure fluid has been cooled through indirect heat exchange with a cold lowpressure stream it is isentropically expanded in an expansion engine. The rate of liquefaction may be increased by as much as 30 percent by substituting isentropic expansion for the conventional isenthalpic expansion.