Dr. Herby Sixsmith passed away Sunday, June 17
The world of cryogenics lost a distinguished and dear friend on Sunday, June 17. Dr. Herby Sixsmith, 93, of Norwich, VT died at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, NH.
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Michael Graff named President and CEO of Air Liquide USA
Air Liquide has recently named Michael Graff as President and CEO of Air Liquide USA LLC and a director of US subsidiary businesses.
Michael Bright named President of Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc.
Michael Bright has joined CSA Corporate Sustaining Member Chart Industries as President of Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc. Maninder (Tony) Sethi has recently joined Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc. in the newly created position of Vice President, General Manager - Process Systems.
Taylor Wharton opens cryogenic manufacturing facility in China
Taylor Wharton celebrated the grand opening of the company's new cryogenic manufacturing operations near Beijing, China. The new facility will produce a wide range of large cryogenic bulk tanks for the Asian and Pacific markets.
Air Products to expand its industrial gas production facilities
Air Products has announced plans to expand its industrial gas production facilities at both its Ashland KY and Reidsville NC facilities.
Air Products CEO John Jones to retire
John Jones, Air Products chairman and chief executive officer, will retire as CEO on October 1, 2007, after 35 years.
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Helium-3
Helium-3 (3He) is one of the two stable isotopes of helium. The other is the much more common Helium-4 (4He). Neither of these isotopes should be confused with He II, which is the second liquid phase of 4He. He II was discussed in this column in the Spring 2010 edition...
Cryopumping
Cryopumping refers to the use of cryogenic temperatures to produce vacuum in enclosed spaces. More broadly, it can also refer to the removal of gases via cryogenic temperatures from a flow stream or enclosure without necessarily resulting in vacuum pressures. This is an important application of cryogenics and is used...
Thermal Acoustic Oscillations
Thermal Acoustic Oscillations (TAO) are a common event in cryogenic systems that can have significant adverse effects on the performance of the system. TAOs are sustained pressure oscillations that can occur in tubes containing gas, closed at one end (the warm end) that have a very large temperature gradient along...
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?