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The development of a thermal switch based on dissimilar materials is described. The switch was developed for use with redundant refrigerators for cooling a gamma-ray detector. It contains no “moving” parts, requires no actuation gas, and is passively switched from off to on or on to off solely by the cooling or warming of the refrigerator cold tip.
The switch has been found to be highly reliable while operating down to 80 K (with operation to colder temperature also being posible with design). Four of these switches have been built and tested with completely satisfactory results. Switching ratios of approximately 300 (which include the material resistance of flexible couplings) have been attained for this design, with much higher switching values being possible. This paper describes the switch design and test results.
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Naes, L., Nast, T. (1986). A Self-Actuated Thermal Switch for Operation with Redundant Mechanical Refrigerators. In: Fast, R.W. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 31. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2213-9_103
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