Publication Date:
2019-07-12
Description:
Improved Joule-Thomson cooler maintains nearly constant temperature. Absolute-pressure relief valve helps stabilize temperature of cold head despite variations in atmospheric pressure. Feedback-controlled electrical heater provides additional stabilization. Demand-flow Joule-Thomson valve requires less nitrogen than fixed-orifice Joule-Thomson valve providing same amount of cooling. Provides stable low temperatures required for operation of such devices as tunable diode lasers in laboratory and balloon-borne instruments detecting contaminants in atmosphere.
Keywords:
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Type:
NPO-18184
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NASA Tech Briefs (ISSN 0145-319X); 16; 1; P. 41
Format:
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