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Code: 3731002 Credits: 3 Semester 3 CE

Advanced Cryocoolers

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Advanced Cryocoolers Syllabus — Unit-wise Content

The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Cryocoolers (subject code 3731002) as prescribed for CE · Semester 3 divides the course into 10 units, covering 74 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.

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Unit 1 Cryo coolers

2 lecture hours

  • Classification of cryo coolers
  • Working of cryo coolers
  • Selection of cryocooler and comparison of different types of cryo coolers
  • Ideal working Cycles
  • Important parameters –mass
  • acoustic noise
  • electromagnetic interface
  • operating life
  • Technical parameters - cooling effect
  • compressor power requirement
  • cooling water requirement
  • service requirement of compressor
  • Vibration control
  • Steady flow and oscillating flow cryo coolers
  • Different types of at exchangers
  • Applications of Cryo coolers –military
  • police and security

Unit 2 Gifford McMahon Cryo cooler

1 lecture hours

  • Advantages and disadvantages of G-M cryo cooler
  • Design of two stage G-M cryo cooler
  • Efficiency of pressure oscillators
  • improved valve timing
  • Application of GM Cooler

Unit 3 Stirling Cryo cooler

3 lecture hours

  • First order analysis Stirling cycle
  • Second order analysis
  • Third order analysis
  • Loss analysis
  • Comparison of Stirling and Carnot cycle
  • Design and optimization of Stirling Cryo coolers
  • Performance and reliability improvement of low cost Stirling cooler
  • Analysis of Stirling Cycle
  • Multi stage Cryo cooler
  • hybrid cooler
  • Miniature Stirling cryocooler
  • Linear compressor design

Unit 4 Pulse tube Cryo coolers

3 lecture hours

  • Advantages and disadvantages of pulse tube cryo cooler
  • Geometry of pulse tube U-tube
  • Two stage pulse tube refrigerator design
  • Thermoacoustically driven pulse tube refrigerator
  • Different methods of analysis
  • Phasor analysis
  • Oscillating flow behaviour of PTR, Valve timing effect on Performance of 4K pulse tube cryo cooler
  • Low vibration flexure bearing compressor
  • Miniature 50 k to 80 K space application of PTR, Experimental characteristics of PTR, Effect of D.C. flow
  • Active phase control of Stirling type PTR, Expansion efficiency considering shuttle heat transfer
  • Co-axial PTR for high Tc- SQUID
  • Characteristics of Double inlet PTR, Experimental study and analysis of components of orifice pulse tube refrigerator
  • Theoretical model of G-M type pulse tube
  • High frequency pulse tube cryo cooler with base temperature Subject Code: 3731002 w.e.f
  • AY 2018-19 below 20 K, Performance of single stage pulse tube
  • Some of the phase shifting types of two stage G-M type pulse tube refrigerator
  • Small He3 PTR Multi stage pulse tube cooler 4 K technology

Unit 5 Space pulse tube Cryo cooler development

1 lecture hours

  • Miniature pulse tube cryo cooler for space
  • High frequency pulse tube cooler
  • High performance cryo cooler compressor
  • Vibration reduction in balanced linear compressor
  • G-M type pulse tube cryo cooler

Unit 6 Regenerator material analysis and material development Ductile, High heat

1 lecture hours

  • capacity magnetic regenerator alloy material
  • Manufacturing considerations of rare earth powder used in cryo cooler

Unit 7 Dilution Refrigerator

1 lecture hours

  • Electrically driven 4 He circulating dilution refrigerator
  • Progress on microgravity Dilution refrigerator

Unit 8 J-T Cooler

2 lecture hours

  • Advantages and disadvantages of J-T cooler
  • Recent advances – Mixed refrigerant
  • Sorption compressor
  • Electrochemical compressor
  • Mixture properties
  • Cool down characteristics miniature J-T cooler
  • Liquefaction of nitrogen using mixed refrigerant
  • Further development
  • Liquefaction of other gases
  • Modern trends in throttle cryo cooler operating with mixed gas

Unit 9 Magnetic refrigerator

1 lecture hours

  • Magnetic refrigerator –Its development and its utility in magnetic hydrogen liquefier

Unit 10 Government Cryo cooler development program Military space cryogenic

1 lecture hours

  • cooling requirement
  • Linear drive Cryo cooler for weapon system
  • Cryo cooler reliability

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