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The U.S. Navy is investigating superconducting magnet systems for use in minesweeping operations. Because of the logistical problems associated with carrying and handling the required liquid cryogens aboard a Navy vessel a cooling system utilizing a mechanical refrigerator is being pursued. Refrigerators with capacities between 1 and 6 watjs at temperatures from 4.5 to 10 kelvin are being considered to conductively cool the superconducting magnet system. This paper reports the results of refrigeration capacity tests of three different refrigerators from commercial vendors. The refrigerators tested include a 2-stage G.M and two 2-stage G.M.’s with a J.T. third stage.
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M.E. Golda, J.D. Walters, and G. Green, Applications of Superconductivity to Very Shallow Water Mine Sweeping, Naval Engineers Journal, vol. 104, pp 53–64, (1992).
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Roth, E., Green, G., Chafe, J.N. (1996). Performance Testing of Various Cryocoolers for Conduction Cooling of A U.S.Navy Superconducting Magnetic Minesweeping System. In: Kittel, P. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. A Cryogenic Engineering Conference Publication, vol 41. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0373-2_139
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