WO2015118957A1

WO2015118957A1 - Cooling device

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Publication number: WO2015118957A1
Application number: PCT/JP2015/051705
Authority: WO
Inventors: 鶴留　武尚
Original assignee: 住友重機械工業株式会社
Priority date: 2014-02-05
Filing date: 2015-01-22
Publication date: 2015-08-13
Also published as: JP2015149345A; JP5976704B2

Abstract

A cooling device having an end section on one side of a first shield plate in a radiation shield section being cut into a plurality of rectangular sections, said end section being folded inwards and being sandwiched, together with a substantially circular second shield plate covering this end section on one side, by two reinforcing plates.

Description

Cooling system

The present invention relates to a cooling device.

Generally, when various evaluations related to superconductivity are performed in a cryogenic environment, a cryostat (cryogenic vacuum vessel) for cooling a sample is placed in a magnetic field generated by a superconducting coil. The cryostat is provided with a radiation shield for protecting the object to be cooled from radiant heat in order to maintain the object to be cooled at an ultra-low temperature (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2-218184

Radiation shields are generally manufactured from metallic materials, but if for some reason a sudden magnetic field fluctuation occurs during operation of the superconducting coil, a large electromagnetic force is generated in the radiation shield due to the magnetic field fluctuation. Can be considered. With respect to the action of such a large electromagnetic force, the radiation shield described in Patent Document 1 has room for improvement in terms of strength.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cooling device including a radiation shield with higher strength.

In order to achieve the above object, a cooling device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a refrigerator for cooling a sample, a part of which is thermally connected to the refrigerator and can accommodate the sample. A cooling device comprising: a heat transfer portion; and a radiation shield portion covering the periphery of the sample in the heat transfer portion, wherein the radiation shield portion has a substantially cylindrical shape, and one end portion has a plurality of slits. And a second shield plate having a substantially circular shape corresponding to the one end portion of the first shield plate; The bent portion of the first shield plate and two reinforcing plates that sandwich and reinforce the second shield plate are included.

According to the above cooling device, one end of the first shield plate having a substantially cylindrical shape is cut into a plurality of strips and bent inward. Further, the reinforcing plate is sandwiched between two reinforcing plates together with a substantially circular second shield plate covering the end portion on one side. Thereby, especially the rigidity of a radiation shield part is improved in the edge part of one side, and it can prevent that a radiation shield part is damaged by the electromagnetic force derived from a sudden magnetic field fluctuation.

Here, the first shield plate may be divided into a plurality along the circumferential direction of the substantially cylindrical shape.

As described above, since the first shield plate is divided into a plurality of parts, the electromagnetic force generated by the sudden magnetic field fluctuation can be further reduced. Therefore, the breakage of the first shield plate due to the magnetic field fluctuation can be reduced.

Further, the second shield plate may be divided into a plurality of parts.

As described above, since the second shield plate is divided into a plurality of parts, the electromagnetic force generated by the sudden magnetic field fluctuation can be further reduced. Therefore, the breakage of the second shield plate due to the magnetic field fluctuation can be reduced.

Further, a substantially cylindrical support member provided outside the first shield plate may be further provided, and the first shield plate may be fixed to the support member.

By providing a substantially cylindrical support member on the outside of the first shield plate, it is possible to increase the rigidity particularly in the vicinity of the first shield plate in the radiation shield portion, and the first due to the electromagnetic force generated by the sudden magnetic field fluctuation. It is possible to prevent the shield plate from being damaged.

According to the present invention, a cooling device including a radiation shield with higher strength is provided.

It is a schematic block diagram of the cooling device which concerns on embodiment. It is an enlarged view by the side of the 2nd heat-transfer part of a cryostat. It is a schematic perspective view explaining the radiation shield part in the 2nd heat-transfer part of a cryostat. It is a schematic sectional drawing explaining the bottom face of a radiation shield part.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cooling device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the cooling device 1 on the second heat transfer unit 20 side of the cryostat 2. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the radiation shield part in the second heat transfer part 20 of the cryostat 2. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating the bottom surface of the radiation shield part.

The cooling device 1 includes a refrigerator-cooled cryostat (cryogenic vacuum vessel) 2 and a magnetic field generator 80. The cryostat 2 includes a GM refrigerator 3, and a first heat transfer unit 10 and a second heat transfer unit 20 connected to the lower part of the GM refrigerator 3. The first heat transfer unit 10 and the second heat transfer unit 20 each have a cylindrical outer diameter, and the GM refrigerator 3, the first heat transfer unit 10, and the second heat transfer unit 20 are vertically aligned along the axis X. Are connected in this order. The 1st heat-transfer part 10 and the 2nd heat-transfer part 20 function also as a vacuum vessel which accommodates the sample S which is a to-be-cooled object.

The GM refrigerator 3 is a refrigerator using a two-stage Gifford-MacMahone (GM) cycle, can be cooled to about 40K in the first stage, and is provided around the sample S. Used for cooling radiation shields. The second stage can be cooled to about 4K and is used for cooling the sample S.

In the cryostat 2 according to the present embodiment, the main part including the cold head of the first stage and the cold head of the second stage is accommodated in the main body 11 of the first heat transfer unit 10 and the sample S is subjected to the second heat transfer. The main body 21 of the unit 20 is accommodated. And the GM refrigerator 3 and the principal part of the 1st heat-transfer part 10 are thermally connected.

The first heat transfer unit 10 and the second heat transfer unit 20 each have a substantially cylindrical shape. Moreover, the diameter of the main body part 11 of the first heat transfer unit 10 is larger than the diameter of the main body part 21 of the second heat transfer unit 20, and the main body of the second heat transfer unit 20 when viewed from the lower side in the axis X direction. The lower end surface 15 of the first heat transfer unit 10 protrudes outward with respect to the part 21. The second heat transfer part is configured to include a substantially cylindrical main body part 21 and a flange part 22 having a larger diameter than the main body part 21 formed at the upper end of the main body part 21. By fixing the flange portion 22 to the lower end surface 15, the first heat transfer portion 10 and the second heat transfer portion 20 are connected. The structure about the connection part which connects the 1st heat-transfer part 10 and the 2nd heat-transfer part 20 is mentioned later.

Further, in the cooling device 1, a magnetic field generation unit 80 that generates a magnetic field around the sample S is provided around the second heat transfer unit 20. The magnetic field generator 80 having an annular shape and having an opening 81 along the axis X includes, for example, an annular superconducting coil 82 that is enclosed in a vacuum vessel and arranged around the axis X. The diameter of the opening 81 is larger than the main body 21 of the second heat transfer unit 20 and smaller than the main body 11 of the first heat transfer unit 10.

The magnetic field generator 80 can generate a strong magnetic field by passing a current through the superconducting coil 82 that is cooled by a cooling means (not shown) to be in a superconducting state. In order to cool the sample S in a high magnetic field environment, the second heat transfer unit 20 is inserted into the opening 81 of the magnetic field generation unit 80. At this time, as shown in FIG. 1, the connecting portion 30 including the lower end surface 15 of the first heat transfer portion 10 and the flange portion 22 of the second heat transfer portion 20 is formed on the upper surface 84 of the magnetic field generation portion 80. It comes into contact. That is, the upper surface 84 of the magnetic field generation unit 80 becomes a mounting surface on which the cryostat 2 is mounted, and the buckling load in the vertical direction of the cryostat 2 is supported by the upper surface 84 of the magnetic field generation unit 80.

Further, a flange portion 12 having a larger diameter than the main body portion 11 protruding outward from the main body portion 11 of the first heat transfer portion 10 is provided on the upper end side of the first heat transfer portion 10. As shown in FIG. 1, a regulating member 60 having an opening 61 corresponding to the main body 11 of the first heat transfer unit 10 and abutting against the flange 12 when the cryostat 2 is placed on the upper surface 84 of the magnetic field generator 80. Is provided separately from the magnetic field generator 80, whereby the horizontal movement of the cryostat 2 can be restricted.

Next, the inside of the cryostat 2 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the main part including the cold head of the first stage and the cold head of the second stage of the GM refrigerator 3 is accommodated in the main body 11 of the first heat transfer unit 10. In the main body 21 of the second heat transfer unit 20, a rod-shaped cooling member 25 that is thermally connected to the cold head of the second stage to cool the sample S and energize the sample S is first. The sample S is accommodated in the second heat transfer unit 20 in a state where the sample S extends from the heat transfer unit 10 along the axis X and is suspended from the lower end 27 of the cooling member 25.

In the second heat transfer section 20, a substantially cylindrical radiation shield section 40 is provided around the sample S. The radiation shield part 40 is arranged on the lower end side of the second heat transfer part 20 so as to cover the lower end side of the sample S. The radiation shield part 40 is thermally connected to the cold head of the first stage in the first heat transfer part 10 and is cooled to about 40K.

Next, the radiation shield part 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. The radiation shield part 40 is configured such that a plurality of heat transfer members 42 are attached along the inner wall of a substantially cylindrical support member 41. The support member 41 is formed of a material having high strength such as SUS and lower thermal conductivity than the heat transfer member 42. The support member 41 includes a side wall portion 411 that forms a substantially cylindrical side surface, and a lower end portion 412 that closes the lower end side of the second heat transfer portion 20. The heat transfer member 42 is formed of copper or aluminum having high heat conductivity. The heat transfer member 42 includes a first shield plate 421 and a second shield plate 422.

The first shield plate 421 extending along the axis X direction is provided on the inner wall of the side wall portion 411. The first shield plates 421 each have a substantially rectangular shape and are arranged so as to be divided along the circumferential direction. In the cooling device 1, four first shield plates 421 are arranged at a predetermined interval along the circumferential direction. Thereby, a slit 415 is formed between the adjacent first shield plates 421. The first shield plate 421 is pressed against the side wall portion 411 at the end portion (the end portion on the other adjacent first shield plate 421 side) by a rectangular fixing plate 425 extending in the axis X direction. The first shield plate 421 is fixed to the side wall portion 411 by the fixing plate 425 being fastened and fixed to the side wall portion 411 by screws 426 (fastening members).

Further, the first shield plate 421 extending along the axial direction is cut into a plurality of strips by a plurality of slits 431 on the lower end side of the second heat transfer unit 20, that is, on the lower end portion 412 side of the support member 41. . Each of the plurality of strip-shaped strip portions 433 has its lower end bent in a direction toward the axis X. That is, the plurality of strip-shaped strip portions 433 are bent along the shape of the support member 41 from the side wall portion 411 side to the lower end portion 412 side.

The second shield plate 422 is provided on the lower end portion 412 side of the support member 41 so as to cover the lower end portion 412. Since it is necessary to cover the side surface and the lower end side of the sample S with the first shield plate 421 and the second shield plate 422, the shape of the second shield plate 422 is the lower end portion 412 side of the support member 41, that is, the first shield. It preferably corresponds to the shape of the plate 421. Note that the second shield plate 422 may be constituted by a single substantially circular member, or may be divided into a plurality of pieces in the same manner as the first shield plate 421.

A disk-shaped support plate 413 formed of SUS or the like is disposed on the upper portion of the second shield plate 422 (inside the support member 41). The support plate 413 is fastened and fixed to the lower end portion 412 of the support member 41 with screws 417. As a result, the second shield plate 422 between the support plate 413 and the lower end portion 412 is fixed. Further, the strip portion 433 of the first shield plate 421 that extends from the side wall portion 411 and is bent is also fixed by being sandwiched between the support plate 413 and the lower end portion 412. That is, the support plate 413 and the lower end portion 412 serve as a reinforcing plate that sandwiches and reinforces the strip portion 433 and the second shield plate 422 of the first shield plate 421.

Thus, according to the cooling device 1 according to the present embodiment, one end portion of the first shield plate 421 is cut into the plurality of strip portions 433, and the end portion is further bent inward. Further, the reinforcing plate is sandwiched between two reinforcing plates together with the substantially circular second shield plate 422 covering the end portion on the one side. Thereby, the rigidity of the radiation shield part 40 is improved in the lower end part 412 side. In the configuration of the conventional radiation shield, when a sudden magnetic field fluctuation occurs due to an abnormal interruption of the power supply of the magnetic field generation unit 80, a large electromagnetic force is applied, so that the radiation shield may be broken. It was. In particular, for the radiation shield covering the lower side of the sample S, the effect of this sudden magnetic field change has not been considered much. On the other hand, in the radiation shield part 40 of the cooling device 1 which concerns on this embodiment, since the rigidity of the radiation shield part 40 was improved, it can prevent damaging by the electromagnetic force derived from a sudden magnetic field fluctuation | variation. .

Moreover, like the radiation shield part 40 of the said embodiment, since the 1st shield board 421 is divided | segmented into plurality along the circumferential direction, the electromagnetic force produced by a sudden magnetic field fluctuation can be made smaller. Therefore, the breakage of the first shield plate due to the magnetic field fluctuation can be reduced. In addition, although the case where it divides | segments into four is demonstrated in the said embodiment, the number is not limited. Increasing the number of divisions can reduce the electromagnetic force generated by the magnetic field fluctuation, while increasing the number of parts and cost, and can be changed as appropriate.

Further, when the second shield plate 422 is divided into a plurality of parts, the electromagnetic force generated by the sudden magnetic field fluctuation can be further reduced. Therefore, damage to the second shield plate 422 resulting from magnetic field fluctuation can be reduced. When the second shield plate 422 is divided, the influence due to the magnetic field fluctuation can be further reduced by dividing the second shield plate 422 in the direction along the diameter.

In addition, by providing the cylindrical support member 41 outside the first shield plate 421, the rigidity of the radiation shield portion 40, particularly in the vicinity of the first shield plate 421, can be increased, which is caused by sudden magnetic field fluctuations. It is possible to prevent the first shield plate 421 from being damaged by electromagnetic force. Similarly to the above embodiment, when the side wall portion 411 that supports the first shield plate 421 and the lower end portion 412 that functions as one of the two reinforcing plates are integrated, the radiation shield portion 40 as a whole. The rigidity can be further increased.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the cryostat 2 of the above-described embodiment, a cold head for two stages is accommodated in the first heat transfer unit, and the sample S is accommodated in the second heat transfer unit 20. The configuration is not limited. Moreover, the structure which integrated the 1st heat-transfer part 10 and the 2nd heat-transfer part 20 may be sufficient.

Further, the configuration of the magnetic field generation unit 80 is not limited to the above embodiment, and for example, the number of superconducting coils can be changed as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cooling device, 2 ... Cryostat, 3 ... GM refrigerator, 10 ... 1st heat-transfer part, 20 ... 2nd heat-transfer part, 22 ... Flange part, 30 ... Connection part, 40 ... Radiation shield part, 41 ... Support Member, 42 ... Heat transfer member, 60 ... Restriction member, 80 ... Magnetic field generation part.

Claims

A refrigerator for cooling the sample;
A part of which is thermally connected to the refrigerator and a heat transfer unit capable of accommodating the sample;
A radiation shield part covering the periphery of the sample in the heat transfer part;
A cooling device comprising:
The radiation shield part is
A first cylindrical shield plate having a substantially cylindrical shape, one end of which is divided into a plurality of strips by a plurality of slits, each of which is bent inward;
A second shield plate having a substantially circular shape corresponding to an end of the one side of the first shield plate;
Two reinforcing plates for sandwiching and reinforcing the bent end portion of the first shield plate and the second shield plate;
A cooling system composed of.
The cooling device according to claim 1, wherein the first shield plate is divided into a plurality along the circumferential direction of the substantially cylindrical shape.
The cooling device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second shield plate is divided into a plurality of parts.
The cooling device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a substantially cylindrical support member provided outside the first shield plate, wherein the first shield plate is fixed to the support member.