CA2373718C - Cryogenic cooling system with cooldown and normal modes of operation - Google Patents

Cryogenic cooling system with cooldown and normal modes of operation Download PDF

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CA2373718C
CA2373718C CA2373718A CA2373718A CA2373718C CA 2373718 C CA2373718 C CA 2373718C CA 2373718 A CA2373718 A CA 2373718A CA 2373718 A CA2373718 A CA 2373718A CA 2373718 C CA2373718 C CA 2373718C
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Robert Adolph Ackermann
Evangelos Trifon Laskaris
Yu Wang
Brian Ernest Baxter Gott
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B25/00—Machines, plants or systems, using a combination of modes of operation covered by two or more of the groups F25B1/00 - F25B23/00
    • F25B25/005—Machines, plants or systems, using a combination of modes of operation covered by two or more of the groups F25B1/00 - F25B23/00 using primary and secondary systems
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B9/00—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B2400/00—General features or devices for refrigeration machines, plants or systems, combined heating and refrigeration systems or heat-pump systems, i.e. not limited to a particular subgroup of F25B
    • F25B2400/06—Several compression cycles arranged in parallel

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  • Containers, Films, And Cooling For Superconductive Devices (AREA)
  • Superconductive Dynamoelectric Machines (AREA)
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EP (1) EP1241398A3 (enExample)
JP (1) JP2002335024A (enExample)
KR (2) KR20020073428A (enExample)
CN (1) CN100347871C (enExample)
BR (1) BR0200772B1 (enExample)
CA (1) CA2373718C (enExample)
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EP1241398A3 (en) 2004-02-25
PL352791A1 (en) 2002-09-23
EP1241398A2 (en) 2002-09-18
KR20020073428A (ko) 2002-09-26
CN100347871C (zh) 2007-11-07
US6415613B1 (en) 2002-07-09
PL202616B1 (pl) 2009-07-31
JP2002335024A (ja) 2002-11-22
MXPA02002917A (es) 2004-11-12
BR0200772B1 (pt) 2010-06-29
CN1375881A (zh) 2002-10-23
BR0200772A (pt) 2003-01-07
KR20080079233A (ko) 2008-08-29

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