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PLANCK is an ESA-led mission to map the cosmic microwave background using bolometric and hetrodyne instruments; both instruments require cooling, one to ~20K, the other to 0.1K.
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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We have developed models for predicting the performance of helium-based Joule-Thompson continuous-flow cryocoolers using charcoal-pumed sorption compressors.
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Hydrogen sorption cryocoolers baselined on Planck Surveyor cosmic microwave background mission.
We are developing metal-hydride based sorption cryocoolers for the Planck Surveyor mission.