Conveners
C4OrA - System Issues and Regenerator Performance
- Milind Atrey (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
Alexey Radovinsky
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center),
Philip Michael
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center)
02/07/2015, 09:00
CEC-03 - Cryocoolers (Non-Aerospace)
Contributed Oral Presentation
Turn-key superconducting magnet systems are increasingly conduction-cooled by cryogenerators. Gifford-McMahon systems are reliable and cost effective, but require annual maintenance. The most common maintenance method is to simply replace the cold head of the cryocooler with a reconditioned one. For conduction-cooled magnets, the direct replacement method requires a complicated design with a...
Matthew Perrella
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
02/07/2015, 09:15
CEC-04 - Cryocoolers (Aerospace)
Contributed Oral Presentation
The regenerator is a critical component of all Stirling and Pulse Tube cryocoolers. It generally consists of a microporous metallic or rare-earth filler material contained within a cylindrical shell. The accurate modeling of the hydrodynamic and thermal behavior of different regenerator materials is crucial to the successful design of cryogenic systems. Previous investigations have used...
