Cryogenic Engineering
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Cryogenic Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Cryogenic Engineering (subject code 3712113) as prescribed for MEE · Semester 1 divides the course into 6 units, covering 43 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.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3712113)Unit 1 Introduction to Cryogenic
- Properties of engineering materials at cryogenic temperatures
- mechanical properties
- thermal properties
- electric & magnetic properties
- super conducting materials
- thermo electric materials
- composite materials
- cryo metallurgy
- properties of cryogenic fluids
- super fluidity of He3 & He4
Unit 2 Cryogenic Insulation
- expanded foams
- gas filled & fibrous insulation
- vacuum insulation
- evacuated powder & fibrous insulation
- opacified powder insulation
- multilayer insulation
- comparison of performance of various insulations
Unit 3 Applications of Cryogenic Systems
- Super conductive devices such as bearings
- tunnel diodes
- space technology
- space simulation
- cryogenics in biology and medicine
- food preservation and industrial applications
- nuclear propulsions
- chemical propulsions
Unit 4 Cryogenic Refrigeration System
- Ideal isothermal and reversible isobaric source refrigeration cycles
- Joule Thomson system
- cascade or pre-cooled Joule–Thomson refrigeration systems
- expansion engine and cold gas refrigeration systems
Unit 5 Advanced Cryo coolers
- Philips refrigerators
- Importance of regenerator effectiveness for the Philips refrigerators
- Gifford single volume refrigerator
- Gifford double volume refrigerators analysis, COP, FOM, regenerators
- pulse tube refrigerators
- various types of pulse tube refrigerator
Unit 6 Gas Liquefaction Systems
- thermodynamically ideal systems
- Joule Thomson effect
- liquefaction systems such as Linde Hampton
- Pre-cooled Linde Hampson
- Linde dual pressure
- heyland systems using expanders
- comparison of liquefaction systems
- introduction to cryogenics vessels
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