Effect of channel restrictions on the axial heat transport in subcooled superfluid helium

The present study investigates the influence of partial restrictions on the axial heat transport and critical heat flux limits in subcooled superfluid helium (helium II) channels. Different size orifices are used to simulate partial plugging of superconducting magnets cooling channels by frozen oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, neon or moisture during the cool down process. Thin stainless steel sharp edged orifices of sizes 0.5, 1, 2 and 5 mm id are mounted between stainless steel flanges attached to 9 mm diameter (helium II) channel. The helium II channel is heated at one end with a copper block heater while the other end heat sinks to an atmospheric superfluid helium heat exchange. Temperature drop across the restriction is measured by two calibrated carbon resistors. Measurements are carried out at both temperatures ranging from 1.8 to 2.2 K.As the orifice/channel area ratio decreases, data show a considerable decrease in the axial heat transported by internal convection process resulting in lower critical heat flux at the phase transition from helium II to helium I by the destruction of superfluidity and inititation of boiling. A linear correlation between critical channel heat flux and orificeI channel area ratio gives a good fit to the experimental data. For heat fluxes higher than the critical heat flux, transient temperature measurements for a step heat input are correlated with the time required to reach the phase transition.     

Peak and recovery heat flux densities in bath of subcooled superfluid helium

This paper describes the measurement of the peak and recovery heat flux densities (q_P, q_R) in a bath of subcooled superfluid helium. A RhFe wire (d = 51 μm, L = 34.8 mm) was horizontally immersed in a He Ilp cryostat, which served as the sample, the heater and the temperature sensor. For the steady state measurement a programmed voltage method with a triangular waveform of 20 s was applied. The measured q_P and q_R values cover the temperature range 1.81–2.1K at a pressure of 0.1 MPa. On the basis of the heat and mass transfer through phase interfaces, theoretical relations (without geometrical parameters) of q_P and q_R are derived, which have very wide application range due to the relative critical heat flux density method used for the calculations. The theoretical results fit the experimental results well for both q_P and q_R.     

过冷态超流氦恒温器的热力学分析

对过冷态超流氦恒温器的热力学过程进行分析,考察了不同的设计温度和J-T换热器热效率下恒温器的制冷性能,得到了理论制冷量的变化曲线.结果表明,理论制冷量与设计温度和J-T换热器的热效率密切相关.计算发现,160 L液氦在2W制冷量下从4.2K降至1.8K大约需要24 h.     

Thermal design and tests of a subcooled superfluid helium refrigerator

Design methods for a subcooled superfluid helium refrigerator with high efficiency are studied. The design details are presented for a He I heat exchanger (perforated disk stack type), a He II heat exchanger (low fin tube type), an expansion valve, a safety valve, an initial filling valve and a pumping system. Heat loss, cooling capacity and cooldown time are also calculated. The test results for the trial-manufactured refrigeration system are presented in comparison with the designed values.     

The prediction of steady state heat flux and related temperature profiles in pressurized superfluid helium II

To design superconducting magnets cooled by pressurized superfluid helium II, it is necessary to know the heat transfer characteristics of steady state heat flux in the cryogen. This study shows the calculation used to obtain these characteristics using the universal Gorter-Mellink equation proposed by Soloski et al. The calculated results agree fairly well with the data obtained in this study.     

Numerical study of flow and heat transfer of superfluid helium in capillary channels

A modified two-fluid model is adopted to study flow and heat transfer of superfluid helium in a microchannel with a diameter as small as that of a superleak in a fountain effect pump. Variable properties of superfluid helium and energy dissipations due to the two-fluid mutual friction and the friction at the channel wall are fully taken into consideration. It is found that the normal fluid component flow is not trivial even in a channel with diameter of a micrometre, and that there exists an optimum diameter for the maximum mass flow rate. The flow of superfluid helium through a channel with different temperatures at the ends differs considerably from that of a Newtonian fluid. The strong dependence of the thermodynamic properties on temperature and pressure, as well as the internal-convection mechanism are found to be the causes of the unique flows.     

ADS 2K低温系统超流氦换热特性研究

以ADS 2K低温系统为研究平台,分析了恒温器结构参数中上升管与峰值热量的关系,测量了超导腔液氦池中不同工作温度下的超流氦峰值热量,最后给出了恒温器上升管的设计方法,并验证了ADS低温恒温器上升管设计的合理性。     

Criterion for quantum turbulence onset after rectangular heat pulse in superfluid helium

On the basis of transient heat transfer measurements of the film boiling onset time in a He II bath, a criterion correlated to the bath temperature and pressure for quantum turbulence onset after a rectangular heat pulse in superfluid helium is shown. Using the criterion parameter α it is possible to determine the time τ needed to initiate quantum turbulence in the He II bath after a rectangular heat pulse. It is found that the criterion value in a He II bath is much smaller than that for He II confined in small channels. A strong pressure effect is also exhibited.     

AMS-02超导磁体中超流氦加注过程研究

论述了AMS-02超导磁体中超流氦的加注过程,进行了各个环节压降和温降的计算分析,并用图表表示了在不同质量流量加注超流氦工况下管路系统中氦工质的速度、压力、温度和含气量的变化情况.计算结果表明,氦工质从液氦主杜瓦加注到磁体杜瓦的过程中,其压力和温度不断降低,而含气量不断增加.同时也表明在节流阀VVP9中实现了常流氦向超流氦的转变和质量流量的控制.     

Practical data on steady state heat transport in superfluid helium at atmospheric pressure

Experimental results covering a technically interesting range of temperatures (1.4 K ? T ? T_λ) and channel dimensions (L ? 100 cm, 0.2 ? id ? 5 mm) have been complied into a collection of practical data on steady state heat transport in superfluid helium at atmospheric pressure. The data, given in the form of diagrams, allow all the problems of linear steady state heat transport in superfluid helium at atmospheric pressure to be solved directly.     

超流氦低温系统发展及涡轮冷压缩机的应用

2 K下大型氦低温系统已采用离心式涡轮冷压缩机在低温低压下对饱和液氦槽减压操作,以获得超流氦或过冷氦.介绍了2K温度级超流氦制冷机发展情况和涡轮冷压缩机在氦制冷系统中的应用,以及中国科学院等离子体物理研究所EAST超导托卡马克氦低温制冷机中过冷氦的制取过程.     

Properties of nonsteady-state heat transfer to superfluid helium

Results are presented from an experimental study of heat transfer from a cylindrical specimen to a volume of superfluid helium with thermal loading in the form of an impulsive step. Unique features of He II as a cooling agent as compared to He I are noted and discussed.Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 950–956, June, 1988.     

Effect of number of turns and configurations on the heat transfer performance of helium cryogenic pulsating heat pipe

The pulsating heat pipe (PHP) is a potential alternative to highly conductive metals such as copper for long distance heat transfer. Effective thermal conductivity and heat transfer capacity of a PHP are two of the most critical factors for practical applications. In this paper, a helium based PHP, which consists of 48 parallel tubing sections, was developed. The lengths of the evaporator, adiabatic and condenser sections are 50 mm, 100 mm and 50 mm respectively. The condenser section was thermally anchored to a Gifford-McMahon cryocooler (GM cryocooler) with a cooling capacity of 1.5 W at 4.2 K. A maximum effective thermal conductivity of 12330 W/m∙K was obtained when 1.1 W heat was applied to the evaporator section at a fill ratio of 70.5%. With the same geometric parameters and operational parameters, the effect of the number of turns on the heat transfer performance was figured out by comparing the 48-turn PHP with an 8-turn PHP. The results show that the temperature difference between the evaporator and condenser sections of the 48-turn PHP is much smaller than that of the 8-turn PHP. The dry-out temperature response, effective thermal conductivity and heat transfer capacity of them are obtained and analyzed. Furthermore, two configurations of the 48-turn PHP, a parallel configuration and a series configuration, are defined. An optimum configuration is proposed and makes a reference to the design of a cryogenic PHP for applications.     

Specific heat and superfluid density of liquid helium in porous media

An experimental and theoretical investigation of liquid helium confined to the small pores of highly compressed powders was carried out in order to investigate size effects in liquid helium. The specific heat measurement show that the bulk specific heat singularity is replaced by a flattened peak that is shifted towards lower temperatures with decreasing pore size. The superflow onset temperature and the superfluid fraction _s/ were determined from fourth-sound measurements in the same powders in which specific heat measurements were made. The onset temperature and the temperature of the specific heat peak were found to be equal within experimental error. The Ginzburg-Pitaevskii model was used to calculate the specific heat of liquid helium in finite systems.Research supported in part by the Office of Naval Research, Contract No. N00014-69-A-0200-4014.     

Superconductor stability against heat pulses in saturated and pressurized superfluid helium

Superconductor stability against local heat pulses in saturated He-1 at 4.2 K and pressurized and saturated He-II at 2.05 K has been reported. It is shown that the stability increases in pressurized He-II as compared to saturated He-II which only increases in the range of low normal zone propagation velocities, but doesn't change in the higher ranges.     

Radiative and conductive heat transfer in a 4-K helium phase separator with minimum heat loss

Improvements in simulation and practice for the heat load of a helium phase separator are discussed. The separator cryostat (volume 100 L, cooling capacity 1.5 W at 4.2 K) re-condenses and stores liquid helium. An additional radiation shield was designed to minimize the radiative heat transfer and to decrease the heat conduction. The experimental results indicate that the heat load of the separator was decreased from 5.56 W to 1.555 W, a gain about 4 W of heat load, which is an improvement by 72%. Liquid helium (50 L) was stored in the separator stably for more than 90 h. Software implementing the finite-element method (FEM) was used to predict the temperature distribution of pipe fittings and the separator heat load with or without the additional radiation shield. The results of these simulations show that the temperatures of the pipe fittings were significantly decreased in the separator with additional radiation shields. For the heat load, the trends of simulation and experimental results were similar. This work provides a simple and effective method to minimize the radiation heat load of a separator. In this paper, we discuss in detail the improvements of the model, the experimental setup and the results of comparisons between experiments and simulations.     

Experimental investigation of heat transfer through porous media in superfluid helium

An experimental investigation of heat transfer through porous media in superfluid helium has been conducted in the framework of the development of porous electrical insulations for superconducting magnet cables cooled by superfluid helium. Several types of porous media with different characteristics were tested and, in particular, samples with pore size diameters of 0.1 μm, 1 μm, 2 μm, 10 μm and 20 μm. Temperature and pressure were measured between an insulating inner bath and the cryostat bath, communicating only through the porous medium. The cryostat bath is held constant all along the measurement and, for each sample, the tests are performed for bath temperature from 1.4 K to 2.1 K with 0.1 K increment. Depending on the porous medium average pore size diameter, different flow regimes are observed: for porous media with a pore diameter of 0.1 and 1 μm, only the Landau regime is observed whereas for porous media with a pore diameter of 2 μm, we observed the Landau regime and the Gorter-Mellink regime. For samples with a pore diameter of 10 and 20 μm, measurements only permitted to detect the Gorter-Mellink regime. In the laminar regime, the permeability of the samples was determined and it was found that the permeability is constant for bath temperature above 1.9 K whereas it increases as the bath temperature decreases from 1.8 K to 1.4 K. For samples with a pore size diameter of 10 and 20 μm, measurement permits only to observe the turbulent regime and the analysis exhibits a constant average tortuosity for each samples, independently of the bath temperature.     

The heat and moisture transport properties of wet porous media

Existing methods for determining heat and moisture transport properties in porous media are briefly reviewed, and their merits and deficiencies are discussed. Emphasis is placed on research in developing new transient methods undertaken in China during the recent years. An attempt has been made to relate the coefficients in the heat and mass transfer equations with inherent properties of the liquid and matrix and then to predict these coefficients based on limited measurements.Invited paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.     

过冷段翅片管换热器的试验研究

对过冷段翅片管换热器对空气源热泵冷热水机组系统性能的影响进行试验研究。过冷段翅片管换热器通过横向导热和强制对流换热可增大制冷剂液体过冷度，制热工况下，可使系统性能系数COP提高约19％，并有效降低翅片表面结霜。