Miniature Joule-Thomson Cryocooling Principles and Practice /

• Main Authors: Maytal, Ben-Zion (Author), Pfotenhauer, John M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: International Cryogenics Monograph Series
• Subjects: Physics.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Nanotechnology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

This book is the first in English being entirely dedicated to Miniature Joule-Thomson Cryocooling. The category of Joule-Thomson (JT) cryocoolers takes us back to the roots of cryogenics, in 1895, with figures like Linde and Hampson. The "cold finger" of these cryocoolers is compact, lacks...

Table of Contents:

• Cryocoolers - the Common Principle
• The Joule-Thomson Effect, its Inversion, and other Expansions
• The Linde-Hampson Cryocooling Process
• Thermodynamic Characterization of Coolants
• Principal Modes of Operation
• Construction and Configuration
• The Transient Behavior
• Mixed Coolant Cryocooling
• Special Topics.