NE (NEEP) 762: Advanced Cryogenics

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NE (NEEP) 762 - Advanced Cryogenics

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Catalog Description

762 Advanced Cryogenics. II; 3 cr. Importance of cryogenics systems; properties of materials at low temperatures, classical fluids, quantum fluids, cryogenic heat transfer and fluid dynamics, applications and special topics. P: ChE 320 or ME 364; Physics 415 & 551; or cons inst.

Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

S.W. Van Sciver, Helium Cryogenics, Plenum (1986)

Topics covered

Definition of Cryogenics
Low Temperature Properties of Materials

Thermodynamic properties
Transport properties
Superconductivity
Magnetic systems

Classical Fluids

Real gases
Thermodynamic properties of cryogenic liquids
Transport properties of real gases

Quantum Fluids

Ideal quantum gases
Pool boiling liquids
Forced convection supercritical fluids
Two-phase flow

Heat Transfer

He II
Pool boiling liquids
Forced convection supercritical fluids
Two-phase flow

Liquifaction and Refrigeration

Ideal processor
Liquifiers
Refrigerators

Special Topics

Insulation systems
He3
Helium Absorption
Magnetic refrigeration

Person(s) who prepared this description

John M. Pfotenhauer

Copyright 2007 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Date last modified: 15-Aug-2011
Date created: 29-Oct-1999
Content by: neep@engr.wisc.edu
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