Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineeringelectivetheory
CRYOGENICS
MIE 4409
Syllabus
- 01Introduction to cryogenics: Properties of cryogenic fluids, material properties at cryogenic temperatures mechanical properties, thermal properties, electrical properties, Carnot liquefaction cycle, F.O.M. and yield of liquefaction, cycles, inversion curve, Joule Thomson effect, areas of applications of cryogenic Engineering
- 02Gas Liquefaction Systems: Simple Linde Hampson system, pre cooled Linde Hampson System, Claude System, Heylndt system, dual pressure, Claude system, liquefaction cycle, kapitza system and comparison, liquefaction cycle for hydrogen and helium system, critical components of liquefaction systems
- 03Gas cycle cryogenic refrigeration systems: Classification of cryo-coolers, Stirling cycle, cryo – refrigerators, ideal cycle working principle. Schmidt's analysis of Stirling cycle, various configurations of Stirling cycle refrigerators, Gifford Mcmahoncryo- refrigerator, Pulse tube refrigerator, Cryogenic regenerators
- 04Gas Separation and gas Purification Systems: Thermodynamic ideal separation system, properties of mixtures, principles of gas separation, Linde single column air separation. Linde double column air separation and adsorption Process
- 05Vacuum Technology: Mechanical pumps, diffusion pumps, cryo-pumping, cryogenic insulation, evacuated porous insulation powder and fibers, gas filled powders and fibrous materials multilayer super-insulation, composite insulation
References
- Barron Randal F., Cryogenic Systems, Oxford University Press, New York, 1999.
- Flynn T. M., Cryogenic Engineering, 2nd ed., Maxwell Dekker, 2005.
- Timmerhaus K. D. and Flynn T. M., Cryogenic Process Engineering, Plenum Press, 2013.
- Timmerhaus Klaus D., Reed Richard Palmer, Cryogenic Engineering: 50 years of progress, Springer, 2007.
Credits Structure
3Lecture
0Tutorial
0Practical
3Total