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US3850004A
US3850004A US00374119A US37411973A US3850004A US 3850004 A US3850004 A US 3850004A US 00374119 A US00374119 A US 00374119A US 37411973 A US37411973 A US 37411973A US 3850004 A US3850004 A US 3850004A
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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
    • F25J—LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT OR BY BRINGING THEM INTO THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE
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  • ABSTRACT [75] Inventor: peter Vandal. Arend, Center Liquid helium vaporized in cooling a refrigeration Valley, Pa. load is counterflowed through a heat exchanger to l cool a high pressure flow of helium which is thereby Asslgnee- 'Pf Technology Cttrporatmn, cooled to below the inversion temperature.
  • the out- Readlng, Pa. flow from the warm end of the heat exchanger is com- [22] Filed, June 27 1973 pressed to form the high-pressure flow.
  • the cooled high-pressure flow of helium is subjected to Joule- PP 374,119 Thompson expansion at constant enthalpy to further reduce its temperature and then fed back into the re- 52 user 62/115, 62/149 62/216 higetatioh load chamhet- During Cool-down, the Y 62/514 tem provides a return flow of helium at a temperature 51 1m. (:1.
  • Liquid helium is fed into the load 3,313,117 4/1967 H 611 62/514 Chamber f an external Source but only at a rate g which is a small fraction of the amount of liquid he- 3613387 10/1971 62/115 lium required to supercool the load device in normal operation and that amount of helium is removed from Primary Examiner Meyer Perlin the system at the same fractional rate.
  • g which is a small fraction of the amount of liquid he- 3613387 10/1971 62/115 lium required to supercool the load device in normal operation and that amount of helium is removed from Primary Examiner Meyer Perlin the system at the same fractional rate.
  • This invention relates to the cooling of devices or systems to extremely low temperatures and more particularly to an improved method using helium as the cryogen.
  • Cryogenic devices which are operated at temperatures near absolute zero, such as superconducting electromagnets, are refrigerated by means of liquid helium which may be supplied directly from an adjacent liquefaction plant or from storage Dewars.
  • liquid helium which may be supplied directly from an adjacent liquefaction plant or from storage Dewars.
  • most effective cooling is accomplished by the vaporization of liquid helium, after which the gaseous helium is removed from the system. This gaseous helium is either vented to the atmosphere or recycled to a liquefaction plant depending upon the cost involved which can be prohibitive.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide such a system in which the cooling capacity of a given supply of liquid helium is significantly improved.
  • the vaporized helium from a refrigeration load cooled by means of liquid helium is led back as the counterflow through a heat exchanger to a compressor.
  • This cold helium gas is used to cool the helium gas fed from the compressor at an elevated pressure to the input on the warm side of the counterflow heat exchanger.
  • the output from the heat exchanger is expanded through a Joule-Thomson valve and then fed into the cooling chamber to provide further cooling.
  • the cooling efficiency of the system is improved so long as the temperature of the helium under pressure fed from the heat exchanger to the Joule-Thomson valve is significantly below the inversion temperature of helium which is at about 40K, and the flow to the heat exchanger from the load is greater than the return flow to load from the heat exchanger.
  • such superconducting magnets when being placed into operation are usually initially cooled down to K by cooling with liquid nitrogen. While not essential to the present invention such practice is desirable because it conserves liquid helium.
  • a superconducting device such as a magnet in the refrigeration or load chamber of the system and, as desired, cooling down initially to 80K by means of liquid nitrogen
  • liquid helium is fed to the refrigeration load.
  • the cooled device is exposed to the liquid helium which is caused thereby to vaporize or boil. For best results, the liquid helium is led into or through the bottom of the load chamber to the load.
  • the vaporized helium is fed as the coolant or cryogen through a heat exchanger to a compressor, the pressurized output of which is in turn fed through the heat exchanger for cooling before it is expanded at substantially constant enthalpy through a Joule-Thomson valve. While any suitable type of heat exchanger can be used, good results have been obtained with a counterflow heat exchanger in which the relatively cold, lowpressure helium vapor from the load chamber is fed counter to the relatively warm, high-pressure helium from the compressor.
  • the temperature of the counterflow helium fed to the heat exchanger be reduced below the inversion temperature of helium which is the temperature below which helium on being expanded] from a higher to a lower pressure at constant enthalpy undergoes a drop in temperature.
  • the refrigeration load chamber is well designed to provide efficient cooling of the load by the liquid helium initially fed into the system from the external liquid helium supply, it is evident that initially during early stages of cooling the load from 80K, the temperature of the vaporized helium (in the absence of some cooling effect by the liquid helium in the chamber) will be at about 80K.
  • the temperature of the helium vaporized in the load chamber is rapdily reduced below the inversion temperature. That temperature is considered to be at about 40K (about -233C). While the precise temperature to which the helium leaving the load chamber must be brought is not critical once it is low enough so that when the high-pressure helium cooled to that temperature is expanded through the .loule-Thomson valve a sensible drop in temperature is obtained. Thus, the helium, though initially returned to the load chamber as gas, is cooler than when withdrawn.
  • any suitable compressor of the desired capacity can be used.
  • a compressor discharge pressure of from 3 to 15 atmospheres can be used although a higher discharge pressure could be used if desired.
  • liquid helium is fed into the load chamber at a rate which is controlled in response to the temperature of the helium vapor after it has left the load chamber and before it enters the compressor rather than in response to the liquid level in the load chamber although the latter can be used.
  • the liquid helium feed rate to the load chamber is controlled in response to the temperature of the helium leaving the warm side of the heat exchanger.
  • the actual flow rate utilized will depend upon the size and other design factors of the cooldown in response to an increase or decrease in the thus measured temperature; and, for example. could be maintained within a range of about 230 to 270K.
  • the level of the liquid helium in the load chamber will rise.
  • the load device is fully immersed in the liquid helium and that liquid level is sensed and used to control the further flow rate of liquid helium into the load chamber.
  • the equilibrium or operating temperature of the load device after cooldown will depend, among other things, upon the pressure of the helium. At one-half atmospheric pressure, the temperature of the helium will be about 3.55K. At atmospheric pressure, the temperature will be at about 4.22K. At a pressure of 2 atmospheres, the temperature will be at about 5.0K. Whatever the selected conditions may be, once equilibrium is reached and is maintained, the temperature of the helium leaving the load chamber should be at essentially the same temperature as the liquid if good cryogenic design practices are observed.
  • the cold helium counterflowing through the heat exchanger cools the high-pressure helium in the load coil of the heat exchanger to a temperature which is low enough so that the enthalpy of the high-pressure helium leaving the cold side of the heat exchanger is at or below its critical value so that Joule-Thomson expansion of the gas results in the formation of liquid helium.
  • Liquid helium returned in this way to the load chamber can be as much as about 80% of the total amount of liquid helium required to maintain the load device at its operating temperature.
  • the pressure in the system is monitored. This is preferably carried out at the intake to the compressor and excess helium is vented to the atmosphere, or, if desired, is returned to the liquefaction plant.
  • a preferred embodiment of the refrigeration system of the present invention is shown in connection with a load chamber 12 in which a refrigeration load such as a superconducting mag net (not shown) is positioned for supercooling by liquid helium from a suitable source indicated diagrammatically as a Dewar-type storage vessel 11.
  • Vessel 11 in this instance provides liquid helium at a pressure of about 1.2 atmospheres and a temperature of about 4.4K through a pipe 13 which includes an electrically controlled valve 14 preferably to the bottom of the load chamber 12.
  • Vaporized helium is led from the upper portion of the chamber 12 via pipe 15 to the cold side 16A of counterflow heat exchanger 16 where the helium functions as a refrigerant.
  • the warm side of this primary circuit of heat exchanger 16 is connected by pipe 17 to the input of compressor 18.
  • a temperature-sending device is included in pipe 17, as indicated diagrammatically at 19, which is in turn electrically connected to temperature indicator-controller 20.
  • the output of compressor 18 is connected by pipe 21 to the secondary or load circuit of heat exchanger 16 at the latters warm side 1168.
  • the cold end of the load circuit is connected by pipe 22 to the load chamber 12.
  • Joule-Thomson expansion of the cooled, highpressure helium is controlled by pressure indicatorcontroller 23 which controls expansion valve 24 in response to the pressure in pipe 22 near the output from the heat exchanger 16 to provide isenthalpic expansion of the helium.
  • a level indicator-controller 25 coupled to liquid helium level sensor 26 for sensing the level of helium in chamber 12 is coupled through switch 27 to flow control valve 14 for controlling the latter in response to the level of helium in chamber 12.
  • the other side of switch 27 is connected to the output of temperature indicatorcontroller 20. Switch 27 in one position couples valve 14 to the temperature indicator-controller 20 and in its other position to the level indicator-controller 25.
  • a pressure indicator-controller 28 is coupled to pipe 17 adjacent to the input to the compressor 18. Output of the pressure indicator-controller 28 controls valve 29.
  • the flow of helium to the cold side 16A of the heat exchanger 16 through the pipe 15 is at a pressure of about 1.2 atmospheres, a temperature of 4.4l( and a flow rate of 1.2, the latter being made up of 1.0 units from the pipe 22 and 0.2 units from pipe 13.
  • the helium fed into compressor 18 is at about 254K, at a pressure of 1.0 Atm. and a flow rate of 1.0, 0.2 units being vented from the system by valve 29.
  • the output from compressor 18 is at a pressure of about 8 Atm., a temperature of about 300K and at a flow rate of 1.0 units.
  • the output from compressor 18 is adjusted just enough above 8 Atm. to take into account whatever pressure drop may occur in the heat exchanger.
  • the design of the heat exchanger is such as to give an output to pipe 22 at a pressure of about 8 Atm., at a temperature of about 4.8K and at a flow rate of 1.0.
  • liquid helium which is expensive, is conserved. in instances where devices have been rendered inoperative because of the inadequacy of the available supply rate of liquid helium to cool the device to its required temperature, the present invention readily overcomes such difficulties. Indeed, it is evident from the foregoing that a given supply of liquid helium capable of delivering a flow rate of 1.0 can now be used to maintain 5 devices such as superconducting magnets at operating temperature though each had hitherto required liquid helium at the rate of 1.0.
  • the fraction of the flow to the load provided by the external liquid helium supply 11 may vary between about 5 to 30 percent or it may form an even larger fraction of the total flow with the system of the present invention still providing a significant advantage.
  • the ratio of the helium flow from the heat exhanger to the flow from the external source of liquid helium is greater than about 1, although a smaller ratio as little as 0.25 may also be use ful.
  • a cyrogenic helium refrigeration system for cooling a refrigeration load to a predetermined temperature by means of liquid helium at a predetermined pressure, said refrigeration load requiring liquid helium at said pressure at a predetermined flow rate to maintain its normal operating temperature, the steps of feeding liquid helium at said pressure to said refrigeration load from an external supply, feeding helium vaporized by said load through the primary circuit of a heat exchanger as a coolant, compressing the outflow from the primary circuit, then feeding the pressurized helium through the secondary circuit of said heat exchanger and cooling the same below the helium inversion temperature, expanding the cooled highpressure helium isenthalpically to further lower its temperature, then feeding the expanded and cooled helium to said refrigeration load at about said predetermined pressure and at a rate which is less than the rate at which helium is fed from said load to said heat exchanger primary circuit, and removing warm helium from said system at a rate substantially equal to said flow rate from said ex ternal supply.
  • a cryogenic helium refrigeration system for cooling a refrigeration load to a predetermined temperature by means of liquid helium from an external supply thereof, said refrigeration load requiring liquid helium at a predetermined pressure and flow rate to maintain its normal operating temperature, comprising means for feeding liquid helium at said pressure to said refrig eration load from said external supply, a heat exchanger having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit, means for feeding helium vaporized by said load through said primary circuit of said heat exchanger as a coolant, means for compressing the helium outflow from said primary circuit, means for feeding the pressurized helium through said secondary circuit of said heat exchanger and cooling the same below the helium inversion temperature, means for expanding the cooled high-pressure helium isenthalpically to further lower its temperature, means for feeding the expanded and cooled helium to said refrigeration load at about said predetermined pressure and at a rate which is less than the rate at
  • the system as set forth in claim 8 which includes means for controlling the rate of flow of liquid helium from said external supply to said refrigeration load in response to the level of liquid helium at said refrigeration load.
  • the system as set forth in claim 12 which includes means for controlling the rate of flow of liquid helium from said external supply to said refrigeration load so as to maintain the temperature of the warm helium from said heat exchanger at a temperature of about 230 to 270K.

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