1st Edition

Miniature Sorption Coolers Theory and Applications

239 Pages
by CRC Press

239 Pages 93 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

239 Pages 93 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

In recent years, there have been significant developments in detector technologies in the field of astrophysics, requiring lower temperatures with simple self-contained refrigerators. Temperatures in the range of 1K to 50mK are now achieved by using dedicated closed-cycle miniature sorption coolers. This book presents the theoretical and experimental knowledge necessary to design and build... Read more



Section I: Background and Theory. Chapter 1: Background. Chapter 2: Heat transfer. Chapter 3: Sorption Cryopumps. Section II: Applications. Chapter 4: Miniature Sorption Coolers - Part 1. Chapter 5: Miniature Sorption Coolers - Part 2. Sections III: Simulations. Chapter 6: Thermal Modelling. Appendix A: Helium Properties. Appendix B: Python Code.

Biography

Lucio Piccirillo is a Professor of Radio Astronomy Technology at the University of Manchester, UK, with extensive experience in designing and building cryogenic systems primarily used to cool astrophysical detectors. He has written more than 100 publications in international journals.





Gabriele Coppi and Andrew May are PhD students working under the supervision of Prof. Piccirillo.