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The full range Joule-Thomson inversion curve of helium-3.
Low-temperature natural helium separation processes for obtaining 3Helium isotope.
Techniques de réfrigération cryogénique pour les laboratoires de physique de la matière.
Cryocooling for physics of matter laboratories.
Study on heat and mass transfer characteristics of 3He-4He at extremely low temperatures in mixing chamber of dilution refrigeration.
Superheating and spontaneous boiling-up of liquid propane (R-290) saturated with helium.
Numerical study of condensation heat transfer performance and liquid film distribution characteristics in small-scale helium liquefiers.
Status of the NICA cryogenics at JINR.
Development of cryogenic cooling system for the superconducting dipole magnet of the CBM detector.
On the operating temperature of superconducting magnets cooled by superfluid helium.
Experimental study of a pulse tube cold head driven by a low frequency thermal compressor.
Cryogenic fluid dynamics and its applications today.
Design of cryogenic test facility for turbo-expander of different configurations for liquid helium plant.
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.
Thermal performance of a helium pulsating heat pipe.
Exergetic analysis of reverse brayton cryocooler for different cooling loads at 65 K for HTS cables.
Refrigeration sector monitoring
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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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
Refrigeration, a key player in the fight against cancer
Refrigeration technologies are an essential part of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of several cancers.
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.
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....
Rare earths for spatial measurements.
Researchers from ECA-INAC developed a small cryorefrigerator, replacing liquid helium by a more efficient rare-earths based material.
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...
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...
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...
Europe's Ariane 6 successfully completes inaugural flight
On July 9, Europe’s newest rocket made its maiden flight, propelled by cryogenic fuels.
Member news: Ultra-low temperatures. NIST creates a more efficient pulse-tube refrigerator prototype
American researchers have created a prototype pulse-tube refrigerator that significantly reduces the time and energy required to reach temperatures close to absolute zero: an exciting advance for the quantum...
IIR news
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ERC Grant Awarded to Steffen Grohmann for Advancing Cryogenic Technology
Steffen Grohmann, President of IIR Commission A1, receives an advanced grant from the European Research Council for his innovative cryogenic technology project: GRAVITHELIUM, a key technology for the Einstein...
Obituary: Guy Gistau
Guy Gistau, a leading figure in cryogenics, has passed away. The IIR sends its most sincere condolences and deepest sympathy to his family and friends.
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.
The latest news on refrigeration conferences
Call for abstracts, Early Bird registration, get the latest!
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.
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.
Check out the upcoming cutting edge IIR events for 2016
IIR conference activities in 2016 show a promising choice of events.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Member news: Latest news from Air Liquide
Air Liquid inaugurates a low-carbon hydrogen production unit and promotes the development of helium refrigeration.
Encyclopedia of Refrigeration
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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...