Thermodynamics in Cryogenics
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Thermodynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2021) | Viewed by 833
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cryogenics engineering; cryogenic heat transfer; thermodynamics; fluid mechanics; normal and superfluid helium technology; LNG technology; cryogenic instrumentation; applied superconductivity
Interests: cryogenics engineering; cryogenic heat transfer; thermodynamics; mechanical engineering; fluid mechanics; normal and super-fluid helium technology; LNG technology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of cryogenic technology has been growing gradually in recent decades, mainly due to the continuous increase in demand in the fields of energy (LNG, oxy-fuel, and liquid hydrogen), medicine (liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen), and science, including superconductivity technology (liquid helium). As cryogenics is characterized by temperature levels that are thermodynamically far from ambient temperatures, all energy losses at a cryogenic temperature, generated by heat transfer through thermal insulation, mechanical supports, and equipment (valves, pumps, and cold compressors); fluid flow pressure drops; limited efficiency of heat exchangers; Joule heat generations at resistive elements of the electric circuit; or superconducting magnet quench, require very high energy at an ambient temperature level to compensate. Therefore, the processes and elements of cryogenic systems must be optimized, considering, e.g., the amount of entropy generated at a given temperature level.
This Special Issue, titled "Thermodynamics in Cryogenics", aims to collect the scientific paper that are related, but not limited to, the following:
- cryogenic heat exchanger entropy generation optimization
- cryogenic cycle optimization
- efficiency of thermal insulation materials and optimization of the thermal insulation systems
- thermodynamic efficiency of the cryogenic devices: expanders, circulator, and cold and warm compressors
- thermodynamic efficiency of cryogenic systems
- cold exergy recovery system thermodynamic analysis
- low temperature thermodynamics
Dr. Jaroslaw Polinski
Dr. Pawel Duda
Guest Editors
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