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Challenges and Design Solutions of the Liquid Hydrogen Circuit at the European Spallation Source

Gallimore, Stephen LU ; Nilsson, Per LU ; Sabbagh, Pascal LU ; Takibayev, Alan LU ; Weisend, John LU ; Bessler, Y. and Klaus, M. (2014) Joint Conference of the Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference (CEC) / Transactions of the International Cryogenic Materials Conference 1573. p.659-664
Abstract
The European Spallation Source (ESS), Lund, Sweden will be a 5MW long-pulse neutron spallation research facility and will enable new opportunities for researchers in the fields of life sciences, energy, environmental technology, cultural heritage and fundamental physics. Neutrons are produced by accelerating a high-energy proton beam into a rotating helium-cooled tungsten target. These neutrons pass through moderators to reduce their energy to an appropriate range (< 5 meV for cold neutrons); two of which will use liquid hydrogen at 17 K as the moderating and cooling medium. There are several technical challenges to overcome in the design of a robust system that will operate under such conditions, not least the 20 kW of deposited heat.... (More)
The European Spallation Source (ESS), Lund, Sweden will be a 5MW long-pulse neutron spallation research facility and will enable new opportunities for researchers in the fields of life sciences, energy, environmental technology, cultural heritage and fundamental physics. Neutrons are produced by accelerating a high-energy proton beam into a rotating helium-cooled tungsten target. These neutrons pass through moderators to reduce their energy to an appropriate range (< 5 meV for cold neutrons); two of which will use liquid hydrogen at 17 K as the moderating and cooling medium. There are several technical challenges to overcome in the design of a robust system that will operate under such conditions, not least the 20 kW of deposited heat. These challenges and the associated design solutions will be detailed in this paper. (Less)
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ESS, Supercritcal Liquid Hydrogen, Moderators, Ortho/Para conversion, Spallation
host publication
Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC (AIP Conference Proceedings)
volume
1573
pages
659 - 664
publisher
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
conference name
Joint Conference of the Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference (CEC) / Transactions of the International Cryogenic Materials Conference
conference dates
2013-06-17 - 2013-06-21
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  • wos:000343409400090
  • scopus:85013363314
ISSN
0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI
10.1063/1.4860765
language
English
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yes
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  abstract     = {{The European Spallation Source (ESS), Lund, Sweden will be a 5MW long-pulse neutron spallation research facility and will enable new opportunities for researchers in the fields of life sciences, energy, environmental technology, cultural heritage and fundamental physics. Neutrons are produced by accelerating a high-energy proton beam into a rotating helium-cooled tungsten target. These neutrons pass through moderators to reduce their energy to an appropriate range (&lt; 5 meV for cold neutrons); two of which will use liquid hydrogen at 17 K as the moderating and cooling medium. There are several technical challenges to overcome in the design of a robust system that will operate under such conditions, not least the 20 kW of deposited heat. These challenges and the associated design solutions will be detailed in this paper.}},
  author       = {{Gallimore, Stephen and Nilsson, Per and Sabbagh, Pascal and Takibayev, Alan and Weisend, John and Bessler, Y. and Klaus, M.}},
  booktitle    = {{Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC (AIP Conference Proceedings)}},
  issn         = {{0094-243X}},
  keywords     = {{ESS; Supercritcal Liquid Hydrogen; Moderators; Ortho/Para conversion; Spallation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{659--664}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  title        = {{Challenges and Design Solutions of the Liquid Hydrogen Circuit at the European Spallation Source}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4860765}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.4860765}},
  volume       = {{1573}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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