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The full range Joule-Thomson inversion curve of helium-3.

• Author(s) : TADA K.
• Publication date: 2021/07
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Equation of state, Helium 3, Joule-Thomson, Thermodynamic property
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 127
• Formats : PDF

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Low-temperature natural helium separation processes for obtaining 3Helium isotope.

• Author(s) : MAKSIM K.
• Publication date: 2017/05/15
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Helium 4, Helium 3, Adsorption, Mixture, Filtration, Cryogenics
• Source: Cryogenics 2017. Proceedings of the 14^th IIR International Conference: Dresden, Germany, Mai 15-19, 2017.
• Formats : PDF

Techniques de réfrigération cryogénique pour les laboratoires de physique de la matière.

Cryocooling for physics of matter laboratories.

• Author(s) : GANDIT P.
• Publication date: 2014/09
• Languages : French
• Keywords : Technology, Helium 4, Helium 3, Helium, Cryostat, Low temperature, Liquid helium, Adiabatic demagnetization, Review, Demagnetization, Cryogenics
• Source: Revue générale du Froid & du Conditionnement d'air - vol. 103 - n. 1146

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Superheating and spontaneous boiling-up of liquid propane (R-290) saturated with helium.

• Author(s) : BAIDAKOV V. G., KAVERIN A. M., PANKOV A. S.
• Publication date: 2019/02
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Helium, R290, Superheat, Propane, Nucleation, Expérimentation, Boiling
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 98
• Formats : PDF

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Numerical study of condensation heat transfer performance and liquid film distribution characteristics in small-scale helium liquefiers.

• Author(s) : WEI T., ZHU S., CHEN X., ZHI X., WANG K., BAO S., QIU L.
• Publication date: 2023/12
• Languages : English
• Keywords : CFD, Model, Heat transfer, Film condensation, Helium, Liquefaction, Liquefied gas, Cryocooler, Small scale
• Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - Vol. 156
• Formats : PDF

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Status of the NICA cryogenics at JINR.

• Author(s) : EMELIANOV N., AGAPOV N., MITROFANOVA J., et al.
• Publication date: 2015/08/16
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Superconducting magnet, Helium, Liquefaction, Process, Cryocooler, Cryogenics, Accelerator
• Source: Proceedings of the 24th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Yokohama, Japan, August 16-22, 2015.
• Formats : PDF

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Development of cryogenic cooling system for the superconducting dipole magnet of the CBM detector.

• Author(s) : BRAGIN A. V., KHOLOPOV M. A., MEZENTSEV N. A., et al.
• Publication date: 2019/05/08
• Languages : English
• Source: Cryogenics 2019. Proceedings of the 15^th IIR International Conference: Prague, Czech Republic, April 8-11, 2019.
• Formats : PDF

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On the operating temperature of superconducting magnets cooled by superfluid helium.

• Author(s) : LEBRUN P., TAVIAN L., WEELDEREN R. van
• Publication date: 2014/04/07
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Superconducting magnet, Operation, Temperature, Cooling, Superconductor, Superfluid helium
• Source: Cryogenics 2014. Proceedings of the 13^th IIR International Conference: Prague, Czech Republic, April 7-11, 2014.
• Formats : PDF

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Experimental study of a pulse tube cold head driven by a low frequency thermal compressor.

• Author(s) : ZHAO Y., DAI W., VANAPALLI S., et al.
• Publication date: 2016/06/22
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Pulse tube, Liquid helium, Design, Cooling, Cryogenics, Compressor
• Source: 1^st IIR International Conference of Cryogenics and Refrigeration Technology (ICCRT 2016). Proceedings: Bucharest, Romania, June 22-25, 2016.
• Formats : PDF

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Cryogenic fluid dynamics and its applications today.

• Author(s) : SCURLOCK R. G.
• Publication date: 2014/04/07
• Languages : English
• Source: Cryogenics 2014. Proceedings of the 13^th IIR International Conference: Prague, Czech Republic, April 7-11, 2014.
• Formats : PDF

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Design of cryogenic test facility for turbo-expander of different configurations for liquid helium plant.

• Author(s) : SAHU A., DAVE H.
• Publication date: 2017/05/15
• Languages : English
• Source: Cryogenics 2017. Proceedings of the 14^th IIR International Conference: Dresden, Germany, Mai 15-19, 2017.
• Formats : PDF

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Helium, hydrogen and methane liquefaction with Reverse-Brayton & Joule-Thomson cycles, boosted by sub-sink cooled compression and hybrid compression or coabsorbent technology ultra-low temperature refrigeration.

• Author(s) : STAICOVICI M. D.
• Publication date: 2019/08/24
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Reversed cycle, Joule-Thomson, Helium, Methane, Liquefaction, Brayton, Modelling, Hydrogen, Compression
• Source: Proceedings of the 25^th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration: Montréal , Canada, August 24-30, 2019.
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Thermal performance of a helium pulsating heat pipe.

• Author(s) : PFOTENHAUER J., FONSECA L. D., MILLER F.
• Publication date: 2017/05/15
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Thermal conductivity, Helium, Heat pipe, Heat transfer, Expérimentation, Cryocooler
• Source: Cryogenics 2017. Proceedings of the 14^th IIR International Conference: Dresden, Germany, Mai 15-19, 2017.
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Exergetic analysis of reverse brayton cryocooler for different cooling loads at 65 K for HTS cables.

• Author(s) : DHILLON A. K., DUTTA R., GHOSH P.
• Publication date: 2017/05/15
• Languages : English
• Source: Cryogenics 2017. Proceedings of the 14^th IIR International Conference: Dresden, Germany, Mai 15-19, 2017.
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A new generation of helium-3 refrigerators.

• Author(s) : GRAZIANI A., DALL'OGLIO G., MARTINIS L., et al.
• Publication date: 2003/12
• Languages : English
• Keywords : Helium 3, Performance, Expansion, Cryocooler
• Source: Cryogenics - vol. 43 - n. 12

2014 worldwide helium market

Currently, the US has the largest market for helium demand market, consuming approximately 32% of the total volume; Asia represents the second largest market with 31% of worldwide demand.

• Publication date : 2015/11/12
• Subjects: Figures, economy

Cryogenics 2019: NICA project aims at studying the state of matter existing shortly after the Big Bang

NICA project for a new superconducting accelerator complex in Russia attracted a lot of interest during IIR Cryogenics conference in Prague, in April 2019.

• Publication date : 2019/06/28

100 years of superconductivity

April 8, 2011 marked the 100th anniversary of the discovery of superconductivity by Heike Kammerlingh Onnes. Working in his lab at Leiden University on April 8, 1911, he was experimenting with the electrical...

• Publication date : 2011/07/26

Cryogenic applications: Cooling largest outer-space telescope

In his presentation on cryogenics applications at the IIR-AFF centenary conference in Paris (see Focus), Philippe Lebrun, President of the IIR's Section A, mentioned cryogenic detectors of cosmic signals and cited Herschel probe as an example. The...

• Publication date : 2008/08/12

LHC season 3: cryogenic cooling system upgrade

The particle accelerator returned to service in 2022 after numerous improvements, including an increase in cryogenic cooling power at point 4. 

• Publication date : 2022/05/30
• Subjects: Technology

Successful test of a dilution refrigerator for quantum computers

IBM scientists have succeeded in cooling a quantum computer chip to a temperature of 25 mK using a large-scale dilution refrigerator. 

• Publication date : 2022/10/27
• Subjects: Technology

Refrigeration, a key player in the fight against cancer

Refrigeration technologies are an essential part of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of several cancers.

• Publication date : 2024/02/02
• Subjects: General information

World’s most powerful MRI machines push the limits of human imaging

Latest MRI machines, developed in the US and in France and designed to operate under ultra-high magnetic strength thanks to giant superconducting magnets, should notably allow major advances in the understanding of neurological diseases.

• Publication date : 2019/02/28

Supercooling the LHC

CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the new research instrument of the world's elementary particle physics community. This discovery-making machine will explore the structure of matter and basic forces of nature on a scale never attained before....

• Publication date : 2007/02/12

Rare earths for spatial measurements.

Researchers from ECA-INAC developed a small cryorefrigerator, replacing liquid helium by a more efficient rare-earths based material.

• Publication date : 2014/11/27

Cryogenics: Energy Saving for Cryogenic Systems

The Cryogenics Group in the Accelerator Engineering Department of the Accelerator Division of Thomas Jefferson's National Accelerator Facilities has discovered a way of cutting the energy consumption of the compressors involved in cryocooling. The...

• Publication date : 2007/05/04

Unprecedented images from the centre of our galaxy

The James Webb Space Telescope shows images of the centre of the Milky Way, thanks to its state-of-the-art infrared detectors, which need to be cryogenically cooled to operate...

• Publication date : 2024/01/05
• Subjects: Technology

LHC accelerating science

The first beam in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN was steered around the full 27 km of the world's most powerful particle accelerator on September 10, 2008, in Geneva. Beams of protons circulating in opposite directions are to be brought into...

• Publication date : 2008/10/25

IIR Member news: Air Liquide

Air Liquide, a corporate member of the IIR, has signed a contract with LGETA (LG Electronics Tianjin Appliances Co. Ltd.), for the supply of a wide range of gases to LGETA's expansion project in Tianjin. Tianjin is the 4th largest city in China,...

• Publication date : 2004/11/10

Briefs: Cryogen-Expo

Cryogen-Expo will take place on November 11-13, 2008 in Pavilion No 5, Expocentre Fairgrounds, in Moscow, Russia. This major exhibition held under the auspices of the IIR, the International Academy of Refrigeration and the Ukrainian Association of...

• Publication date : 2008/08/12

IIR Cryogenics Conference 2025: Call for abstracts to open in May!

Get ready to put pen to paper! The Programme Committee of the 18th IIR Conference on Cryogenics invites authors to submit their abstracts from May 25, 2024 – September 20, 2024.

• Publication date : 2024/03/21
• Subjects: Technology

The latest news on refrigeration conferences

Call for abstracts, Early Bird registration, get the latest!

• Publication date : 2015/10/20

Winners of the IIR Scientific Awards 2019 revealed

This time round, the IIR received a record number of applications and submissions to its various awards and is delighted to announce the winners.

• Publication date : 2019/04/15

IIR conference activities in 2016 show a promising choice of events

IIR conference activities in 2016 show a promising choice of events covering cutting edge refrigeration themes from refrigerants to energy issues; from cold chain sustainability to new refrigeration technologies.

• Publication date : 2016/03/02

Check out the upcoming cutting edge IIR events for 2016

IIR conference activities in 2016 show a promising choice of events.

• Publication date : 2015/12/16

See what's in our events calendar for 2016!

ICR2015 may be over, but the IIR’s conference activities in 2016 show a promising choice of events covering cutting-edge refrigeration themes from refrigerants to energy issues; from cold chain sustainability to new refrigeration technologies.

• Publication date : 2015/09/02

Activities of the IIR’s Commission A2 on Liquefaction and Separation of Gases

The problems related to thermodynamic optimization and new technologies in liquefaction and separation of gases are actual and critical for many branches of modern industry, power generation and medicine.

• Publication date : 2014/03/07

IIR member news: Linde

Linde Kryotechnik cryogenic company has developed a groundbreaking refrigeration system used to cool extreme temperatures in an experiment to create fusion fuel.

• Publication date : 2016/05/18

Cryogenics and Low-Temperature Physics: New Horizons and Challenges

This Focus written by Ralf Herzog*, President of the IIR’s Cryophysics, Cryoengineering commission (Commission A1) for the Newsletter of the IIR is the third in a series of presentations of the activities and hot research topics handled by the...

• Publication date : 2012/09/21

Member news: Latest news from Air Liquide

Air Liquid inaugurates a low-carbon hydrogen production unit and promotes the development of helium refrigeration. 

• Publication date : 2021/02/23

Cryogenics in the pharmaceutical industry: drug design and bioavailability improvement

Research activities in the pharmaceutical sector focus primarily on developing novel drug formulations which can elicit the desired response upon being administered to the patient...

• Last update : 2023/03/10
• Langues : English, French
• Themes : Freeze-drying in biology and medicine, Cryobiology, cryomedicine: general information