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Short Course
A. Short Course on Cryocooler Technology: Advances and Application |
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Speakers:
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Dr. Chao Wang
Director, R&D
Cryomech Inc. USA |
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Prof. M. D. Atrey
Professor
Mechanical Department
IIT, Bombay ,
India |
Course Outline |
- First Session
The basics of cryogenics and cryocoolers. Classification, working principle of various cryocoolers and review of related thermodynamics. Theoretical aspects related to design of various cryocoolers.
- Second Session
Advances in cryocoolers, brief introduction of regenerative and some other types of cryocoolers :
1. Development of large cooling capacity cryocoolers, such as Stirling, Pulse Tube and GM cryocoolers
2. Development of space cryocoolers for lower temperatures (4-20K), compact size and better efficiency
3. Development and commercialization of 4 K GM and pulse tube cryocoolers.
4. Innovations of cryocoolers for better system efficiency
- Third Session
Application of cryocoolers :
1. Cooling cryopumps
2. Cooling detectors
3. Cooling high temperature superconductors
4. 4 K cryocoolers for cryogen-free systems (dry system)
5. 4 K cryocoolers for recondensing or liquefying helium for liquid helium cooled systems
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B. Short Course on HTS Materials for Power Application
Speakers:
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Prof. V. Selvamanickam
M.D Anderson Chair Professor
University Of Houston
& Ex- Chief Technical Officer;
Superpower Inc.
USA |
Course Outline
- Power Applications of Superconductors
- Low temperature Superconductors
Nb-Ti alloys
A15 materials
- High temperature Superconductors (HTS)
- Overcoming challenges in critical currents of HTS
Anisotropy
Grain Boundaries
Flux pinning and Flux creep
- Methods to fabricate HTS wires
- Current status in improvement of HTS wires for power applications
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