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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Stability
Stability refers to the ability of a device employing superconductors to remain in its superconducting state after part of the superconductor transitions back to its normal conducting state due to a disturbance. While the concept can apply to many superconducting devices—transmission lines, generators, motors, etc.—it is most commonly considered in...
Cable-in-Conduit Conductors
Cable-in-Conduit Conductors (CICC) are a common form of superconducting cable used in large-scale applications. There are several varieties of CICCs, but they all consist of many small, stabilized superconducting wires contained within a conduit through which a coolant (typically supercritical He II) flows. Figure 1 shows the cross section of...
Bayonet Coupling
A bayonet coupling is a demountable joint that allows for quick and easy connection and disconnection of cryogenic components, including transfer lines, cryostats, liquefiers and refrigerators. Bayonets provide a number of advantages, chief among them the ability to connect and disconnect the bayonets while components they connect are still at...
Food Processing
Cryogenics and Food The industrial gas industry provides a host of products and services related to food. The various gases have useful and sometimes fascinating applications in food industry. “The food industry is not a homogenous industry. The needs of customers processing hamburger vs. poultry vs. strawberries vs. seafood, for...
Primary Standards
Elie K. Track Hypres, Inc. elie@hypres.com http://www.hypres.com/ Primary standards involve the exact definition and realization of units of measurement for various quantities, time, length, mass, voltage, resistance, current, etc. International agreements based on the latest scientific knowledge define those units, and their realizations vary depending on the unit itself. For...
Shrink Fitting
Robin A. Rhodes Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. rrhodes@nitrofreeze.com Shrink fitting, (or “compression fitting” as it is sometimes called), is a method used to insert a pin or bushing into a housing or other assembly requiring an extremely tight tolerance fit. It can be used as an alternative to...
Telecommunications
From the Winter 2004 issue of Cold Facts magazine The recent M-Calc IV — 4th Industry Assessment workshop discussing military and commercial applications for low-cost cryocoolers, held in November in San Diego, highlighted progress being made in cryogenics as applied in telecommunications. The reliability and long lifetime of projects now...
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?