Performance of hydride activated gas gap heat switches in the Planck sorption cryocooler
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A test facility has been upgraded in preparation for testing of two hydrogen sorption cryocoolers operating at 18/20 K. these sorption coolers are currently under development at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This work summarizes the scope of the test facility upgrade, including design for cryogenic cooling power delivery, system thermal management, insulation schemes, and data acquisition techniques. Ground support equipment for the sorption coolers, structural features of the test chamber, and the vacuum system involved for system testing will also be described in detail.
Hydrogen sorption crycoolers are being developed for the European Space Agency Planck mission to provide nominal 19 K cooling to instruments for measuring the temperature anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background with extreme sensitivity and resolution.
We present a summary of cryocoolers that are presently available or in development and would be suitable for support of mid-infrared camera on the Next Generation Space Telescope.
Two continuous opertation 18K/20K sorption coolers are being developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a NASA contribution to the European Space Agency (ESA) Planck mission that is currently planned for a 2007 launch.
We have developed models for the rapid design of helium-based Joule-Thomson cryocoolers using charcoal-pumped sorption compressors.
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