Modeling the cooldown of cryocooler conduction-cooled devices

Technical Report · Thu Nov 03 04:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1896649· OSTI ID:1896649

Dhuley, Ram C. ^[1]

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1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Cryocooler conduction cooled devices can experience significant cooldown time due to lower available cooling capacity compares to convection cooled devices. Therefore, the cooldown time is an important design parameter for conduction cooled devices. This article introduces a framework developed in Python for calculating the cooldown profiles and cooldown time of cryocooler conduction-cooled devices such as superconducting magnets and accelerator cavities. The cooldown time estimation problem is essentially a system of ordinary first-order differential equations comprising the material properties (temperature dependent thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity) of the components intertwined with the prevailing heat transfer channels (conduction, radiation, and heat flow across pressed contacts) and the cryocooler capacity. The formulation of this ODE system is first presented. This ODE system is then solved using the in-built Python library odeint. A case study is presented comprising a small cryocooler conduction-cooled copper stabilized niobium-titanium magnet. The case study is supplemented with the Python script enabling the reader to simply tweak the device design parameters and optimize the design from the point of view of slow/fast cooldown.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1896649
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-TM-2782-TD; arXiv:2210.13218; oai:inspirehep.net:2169930
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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