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Brooks Expands Freezer Line to Support Cryobags

Brooks Life Sciences, a division of Brooks Automation (CSA CSM), announced the launch of its BioStore III Cryo automated freezer for 250ml cryobags at the International Society for Cellular Therapy Conference (ICCT 2018) in Montreal. The latest version of its freezer brings simple, automated management for 250mL cryobags to the...

UK Researchers Form First National Biobank

The UK’s National History Museum announced a new initiative to collect and preserve the DNA of thousands of animals at a biobank called CryoArks. The collection of zoological tissue will provide a central hub for researchers across the UK, according to the museum, providing access to cells and DNA from...

NOAA Reports Cooling Failure aboard GOES-17

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has reported a performance issue with the cooling system aboard GOES-17, a multibillion-dollar weather satellite launched in March. NOAA engineers encountered the issue during commissioning of the satellite’s Advanced Baseline Imager instrument.

DOE Funds International Cryogenic Dark Matter Experiment, Construction Underway at Canada’s SNOLAB

The US Department of Energy Office of Science and the National Science Foundation have approved funding and the start of construction for the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment, that will begin in the early 2020s to hunt for light dark matter particles. DOE’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (CSA CSM) will play a...

Lake Shore Cryotronics Celebrating 50 Years

Lake Shore Cryotronics (CSA CSM) is celebrating 50 years in business this year, and in May it recognized the people who helped it become a worldwide leader in precision measurement over a wide range of temperature and magnetic field conditions.

Young Professionals 2018: The Next Generation in Cryogenics Part 2

Young Professionals introduces outstanding young professionals (under 40 years of age) who are doing interesting things in cryogenics and superconductivity and who show promise of making a difference in their fields. Debuted in the Summer 2006 issue, the feature has presented many young persons whom we are proud to see...

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Joule-Thomson Effect

The Joule-Thomson (JT) effect is a thermodynamic process that occurs when a fluid expands from high pressure to low pressure at constant enthalpy (an isenthalpic process). Such a process can be approximated in the real world by expanding a fluid from high pressure to low pressure across a valve. Under...

Current Leads

One of the challenges of using superconducting magnets is the connection of the magnet to a room temperature power supply. This is accomplished via current leads. The trick is that current leads should ideally have a low heat leak, since they connect room temperature to cryogenic temperature, while at the...

Multilayer Insulation

Multilayer insulation (also referred to as superinsulation) is a key component in the reduction of heat leak to cryogenic systems due to thermal radiation. MLI consists of a series of uncooled reflective surfaces placed in the vacuum space between two surfaces, one warmer than the other. Generally speaking, for ideal...

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History of Cryogenics

From the Fall 1999 issue of Cold Facts magazine Millennium Breakthroughs A variety of CSA members give different perspectives on the past millennium: What were the most significant breakthroughs in cryogenics during the past millennium? Prof. R.G. Scurlock, Kryos Technology, scurlock@soton.ac.uk (“Breakthrough” = way through obstacles — Oxford English Dictionary)...

Cryobiology

Andreas Sputtek Past President Society for Cryobiology sputtek@uke.uni-hamburg.de or http://www.sputtek.de/. The word cryobiology (from the Greek words “cryo” = cold, “bios” = life, and “logos” = science) literally signifies the science of life at low temperatures. In practice, this field comprises the study of any biological material or system (e.g.,...

Cryogenic Insulation

James E. Fesmire Cryogenics Test Laboratory NASA Kennedy Space Center james.e.fesmire@nasa.gov Introduction In today’s world, the use of cryogenics and low-temperature refrigeration is taking a more and more significant role. From the food industry, transportation, energy, and medical applications to the Space Shuttle, cryogenic liquids must be stored, handled, and...

Cryogenic Treatment of Materials

F.J. Diekman Controlled Thermal Processing, Inc. info@metal-wear.com Cryogenic Processing (also called cryogenic treatment, and incorrectly “cryogenic tempering”) is a process that uses cryogenic temperatures to modify materials to enhance their performance. Cryogenic Processing involves the slow reduction in temperature of the material to at least -300°F (-185°C) and holding the...

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An Issue of Pressure and Flow Rate in a Supply Tank

Please help solve this problem: A supply tank requires a vaporizer to generate sufficient pressure to pump stored fluid up into a vehicle or tank. The available head is limited as the tank level falls and it is important to minimize the system pressure drop to maintain the desired flow...

Using MLI on VJ Line Joints or Cryo Storage Tanks

When installing Multi Layer Insulation (MLI) blankets on VJ line joints or cryo storage tanks should they be wrapped and tied down tight or loose? These are usually pre-cut to size. Also should they have an access hole at the point of where the molecular sieve is installed to help...

Separated layers of ice over a pipe

I want to know that why there are different layers of ice over a pipe carrying a cryogenic fluid, each layer separated with clear marks / lines? What do these layers signify?

Using nitrogen as a cryogen

Is it possible to achieve -200˚C using nitrogen as a cryogen?

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