Joule-Thomson heat exchanger and cryostat

Patent · Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6590798

Steyert, W A

This patent describes a refrigerator of the type wherein a fluid is passed through the high pressure tube of a heat exchanger and then expanded through a Joule-Thomson orifice to produce refrigeration proximate the Joule-Thomson orifice. The improvement described here comprises: fibrous material disposed in the Joule-Thomson orifice which is deformed to fix the fibrous material in place, whereby the fibrous material and deformed orifice result in an orifice with large flow impedance.

• Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA
• Patent Number(s): US 4653284
• OSTI ID: 6590798
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 29 Jun 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
BUILDINGS
REFRIGERATORS
CRYOSTATS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
JOULE-THOMSON EFFECT
DEFORMATION
FIBERS
IMPEDANCE
ORIFICES
PRESSURE TUBES
THERMAL EXPANSION
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
EXPANSION
OPENINGS
THERMOSTATS
TUBES
320106* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Building Equipment- (1987-)