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Cryocoolers

Part 2: Applications

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  • © 1983

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Authors:
  1. Graham Walker

    1. The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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Part of the book series: International Cryogenics Monograph Series (ICMS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Heat Exchangers in Cryocoolers

    • Graham Walker
    Pages 1-58

  3. Some Aspects of Design

    • Graham Walker
    Pages 59-111

  4. Practical Problems in Cryocooler Design and Operation

    • F. F. Chellis
    Pages 113-128

  5. Fundamentals of Alternate Cooling Systems

    • Ray Radebaugh
    Pages 129-175

  6. Very-Low-Temperature Cooling Systems

    • Ray Radebaugh
    Pages 177-255

  7. Cryogenic Engineering and Cryocooler Development in the USSR

    • Evgeny Ivanovich Mikulin
    Pages 257-292

  8. Cryogenic Engineering and Cryocooler Development in Japan

    • Yoshihiro Ishizaki
    Pages 293-314

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 375-405
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About this book

The rapidly expanding use of very low temperatures in research and high technology during the last several decades and the concurrent high degree of activity in cryogenic engineering have mutually supported each other, each improvement in refrigeration technique making possible wider oppor­ tunities for research and each new scientific discovery creating a need for a refrigerator with special features. In this book, Professor Walker has provided us with an excellent exposition of the achievements of this period, the fundamental principles involved, and a critical examination of the many different cryogenic systems which have led to a new era of low-level refrigeration. I feel fortunate to have had a part in the developments discussed in this book. During the early 1930s I constructed several rotary engines using leather vanes. Their performance was not good, but I was able to liquefy air. I had been impressed by the usefulness of leather cups in tire pumps and in Claude-type engines for air liquefaction. I was trying to find a way to avoid that part of the friction generated by a leather cup as a result of the radial force of the working gas on the cylindrical part of the cup. During the 1950s I built two efficient helium liquefiers in which essentially leather pistons were used.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Graham Walker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cryocoolers

  • Book Subtitle: Part 2: Applications

  • Authors: Graham Walker

  • Series Title: International Cryogenics Monograph Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4430-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4432-2Published: 02 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4430-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0538-7051

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-3084

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 432

  • Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Mechanical Engineering

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