Hans Quack presented with Mendelssohn Award at ICEC
Professor Hans Quack was presented with the 2008 Mendelssohn Award at the International Cryogenic Engineering Conference in Seoul, Korea.
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Donor gives $50 million to Canada’s Perimeter Institute
Symmetry Breaking reports that Mike Lazardis donated $50 million to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, which will allow the institute to continue expansion. The institute was founded in 2000, thanks to $100 million dollars of Lazardis's personal funds.
SUST makes online content free to public
Superconductor Science and Technology has announced that content from the journal will be available online free for anyone to access. This resource includes the latest developments in the field of superconductivity.
$5 million donation to help Fermilab
A $5 million anonymous donation was made to the University of Chicago, which will be used to end rolling furloughs at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, according to the Daily Herald.
ExxonMobil to develop natural gas treating technology
According to Business Wire, ExxonMobil announced that it plans to build a commercial demonstration plant near LaBarge, Wyoming, that could make carbon capture and storage more affordable, as well as greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Cryometrix receives order for T-150 LN2 freezer
Reflect Scientific recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cryometrix, received an order for a T-150 Ultra-Low Temperature liquid nitrogen freezer from a world-leading veterinary health company.
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Dewar
A dewar is a type of cryostat named after Sir James Dewar, the researcher who first developed the concept of a vacuum insulated container with silvered walls to reflect thermal radiation. Dewar was the first to liquefy hydrogen, and he created the device to store his discovery. The thermos bottle...
Stirling and Gifford-McMahon Cryocoolers
Stirling and Gifford-McMahon (GM) cryocoolers are two of the most commonly used cryocoolers in cryogenics. Both devices have a significant industrial base and operate at a wide range of temperatures and capacities. The thermodynamic cycles for both of these cryocoolers are quite similar. The Stirling cycle consists of a compressor,...
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
A significant commercial application of cryogenics is the liquefaction, transport and storage of natural gas. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is generally 95 percent methane with a few percent ethane and much lower concentrations of propane and butane. LNG liquefies at 111.6 K. Unlike many applications of cryogenics, the motivation for...
Magnets
From “Superconductivity: Present and Future Applications” by the Coalition for the Commercial Application of Superconductors. Particle physics uses accelerators to recreate the conditions of the early universe in an attempt to piece together the complex puzzle of how we got to where we are today. These huge machines are used...
Energy Storage
From “Superconductivity: Present and Future Applications” by the Coalition for the Commercial Application of Superconductors. With power lines increasingly congested and prone to instability, strategic injection of brief bursts of real power can play a crucial role in maintaining grid reliability. Small-scale Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) systems, based on...
Astronomy
ASTRONOMY IN SPACE by Peter V. Mason, retired, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology. Pmason@alumni.caltech.edu In thinking about the reasons to perform astronomy in space, we first consider the effect of the earth’s atmosphere. On a scale of decreasing energy, gamma rays, cosmic rays, X-rays and...
Cryocoolers
What is a Cryocooler? A mechanism that can extract heat from an object (cooler) and by doing so draw its temperature down below approximately 150 Kelvin (cryo). — (Courtesy Dr. Willy Gully) What is the difference between a Cryocooler and a Cryostat? A cryostat is any device designed to maintain...
Southern California companies doing cryogenic hardening of engine parts?
Do you have any information on where to find companies in Southern California that do cryogenic hardening of engine parts?