EP0327457A1 - Verfahren und Einrichtung zur Tiefsttemperaturerzeugung - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0327457A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: mixing box; solution; liquid; isotope; phase
Prior art date: 1988-02-03
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EP89400289A

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Alain Benoit

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Centre National dEtudes Spatiales CNES

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Centre National dEtudes Spatiales CNES

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1989-08-09

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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B9/00—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point
- F25B9/12—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point using 3He-4He dilution

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the present invention relates to a process and an apparatus for obtaining very low temperatures.
the mixing box is associated with a column filled with equilibrium solution, and at the top of which is placed an evaporator which makes it possible to extract 3He from the solution.
a concentration gradient is created in the column, and 3He migrates from the mixing box to the evaporator, which leads to the dissolution of pure 3He and the cooling of the mixing box.
a cryostat could be operated in an analogous manner in which the mixing box contains a solution phase and a pure 4He phase.
the object of the invention is to make it possible to overcome these constraints by producing a cryostat comprising neither a distiller nor a low pressure pumping line.
the invention provides a process for obtaining very low temperatures by which, in a mixing box placed in a vacuum enclosure cooled to a temperature of the order of 2 ° K or lower, a two-phase system comprising a 3He solution phase in 4He liquid, and a liquid phase formed from the pure 3He isotope, this isotope is passed into the solution phase, the dissolving energy being borrowed from the can mixture to cool it, 3He is extracted from the mixing box in the form of a solution and a quantity of said 3He in the form of pure liquid is introduced into the mixing box equal to the amount of this isotope which leaves the box.
this process having the particularity that the two-phase system is created by continuously feeding the mixing box with 4He and 3He liquids introduced separately, in that the solution phase is extracted under conditions of speed suchthat the 3He it contains cannot diffuse against the current in the solution sufficiently to significantly increase the 3He content of the liquid 4He introduced and reduce the dissolution, in this 4He, of the liquid 3He introduced simultaneously.
the process of the invention has notable differences from the prior art. In both cases, it is sought to have a 4He with a low content of 3He, and in which the liquid 3He introduced can dissolve easily with production of cold.
the 3He content is lowered by diffusing it through the solution towards an evaporator.
the solution is extracted at a speed such that 3He cannot go back to raise the 3He content of 4He and therefore make it less capable of dissolving the liquid 3He.
the discharge pipe of a cryostat according to the present invention will preferably be narrow, and the circulation speed relatively high.
a heat exchanger 5 is constituted by three capillaries 2A, 3A, 4A made of CuNi of 0.1 mm inside diameter and 0.5 mm outside diameter, welded together over their entire length with tin and connected with a part to capillaries 2 to 4, and secondly to the mixing box.
thermometer 7 consisting of a germanium resistor, is screwed to the outside of this box.
the first consists of a conventional cryostat which by pumping a 4He bath allows a temperature close to 1.8 ° K to be obtained.
a vacuum chamber 1 containing the cold part of the cryostat previously described.
the two pure helium isotopes are injected in the form of gas into the cryostat at a flow rate controlled by two flow regulators. These gases are liquefied using exchangers in the main helium bath before being sent to cold chamber 1.
the second device is a rotating cryostat operating by continuous circulation of 4He from a fixed tank.
the rotation is obtained using a horizontal rotary connector on the 4He liquid supply line.
This cryostat makes it possible to cool an exchanger to a temperature close to 1.6 ° K by pumping the 4He and using a cold expansion valve.
On this exchanger is fixed the enclosure 1 containing the mixing chamber.
the two helium isotopes are injected in gaseous form then cooled and liquefied in the helium vapors of the main circulation.
cryostat is insensitive to gravity (no liquid-gas phase separation surface)
the only connections with the outside are made by three capillaries less than a millimeter in diameter.
such a system can be mounted on a support that can be oriented in all directions.
3He it is necessary to use in this case an auxiliary distillation unit as described above.

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EP89400289A 1988-02-03 1989-02-02 Verfahren und Einrichtung zur Tiefsttemperaturerzeugung Expired - Lifetime EP0327457B1 (de)

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT89400289T ATE73920T1 (de)	1988-02-03	1989-02-02	Verfahren und einrichtung zur tiefsttemperaturerzeugung.

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FR8801232		1988-02-02
FR8801232A FR2626658B1 (fr)	1988-02-03	1988-02-03	Procede et appareillage pour l'obtention de tres basses temperatures

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EP0327457A1 true EP0327457A1 (de)	1989-08-09
EP0327457B1 EP0327457B1 (de)	1992-03-18

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US (1)	US4991401A (de)
EP (1)	EP0327457B1 (de)
AT (1)	ATE73920T1 (de)
DE (1)	DE68900992D1 (de)
ES (1)	ES2031366T3 (de)
FR (1)	FR2626658B1 (de)
GR (1)	GR3004121T3 (de)
WO (1)	WO1993014357A1 (de)

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FR2707375A1 (fr) *	1993-07-05	1995-01-13	Centre Nat Etd Spatiales	Procédé d'obtention de très basses températures.
WO2010012939A1 (fr) *	2008-07-31	2010-02-04	L'air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude Et L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude	Réfrigérateur et procédé de production de froid à très basse température

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1988
- 1988-02-03 FR FR8801232A patent/FR2626658B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
1989
- 1989-02-02 AT AT89400289T patent/ATE73920T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1989-02-02 WO PCT/FR1989/000034 patent/WO1993014357A1/fr unknown
- 1989-02-02 US US07/423,441 patent/US4991401A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-02-02 EP EP89400289A patent/EP0327457B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-02-02 DE DE8989400289T patent/DE68900992D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-02-02 ES ES198989400289T patent/ES2031366T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
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FR2010177A1 (de) *	1968-06-05	1970-02-13	Philips Nv
FR2176809A1 (de) *	1972-03-18	1973-11-02	Philips Nv
EP0089391A1 (de) *	1982-03-23	1983-09-28	International Business Machines Corporation	Verfahren und Verdünnungskältemaschine zum Kühlen bei Temperaturen unter 1 K
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FR2707375A1 (fr) *	1993-07-05	1995-01-13	Centre Nat Etd Spatiales	Procédé d'obtention de très basses températures.
WO1995002158A1 (fr) *	1993-07-05	1995-01-19	Centre National D'etudes Spatiales	Procede d'obtention de tres basses temperatures
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FR2626658B1 (fr)	1990-07-20
DE68900992D1 (de)	1992-04-23
EP0327457B1 (de)	1992-03-18
ES2031366T3 (es)	1992-12-01
GR3004121T3 (de)	1993-03-31
US4991401A (en)	1991-02-12
WO1993014357A1 (fr)	1993-07-22
ATE73920T1 (de)	1992-04-15
FR2626658A1 (fr)	1989-08-04

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