Design and experimental study of thermal control system for AMS cryocoolers
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Wang, NaiHua
Cheng, Lin
Burger, Joseph D
Date Issued
March 2013
Journal
Chinese Science Bulletin
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SP Science China Press
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Wang, NaiHua, Burger Joseph, and Lin Cheng. “Design and Experimental Study of Thermal Control System for AMS Cryocoolers.” Chinese Science Bulletin 58.10 (2013): 1200–1204.
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Abstract
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is an instrument for the international scientific experiment, composed of six detectors and 650 micro-electronics. The objective of AMS experiment is to search for dark matter and anti-matter in space. In this paper, the thermal control system for AMS cryocoolers is designed, analyzed and experimentally studied. Using loop heat pipes (LHPs) as the main heat dissipation component, the thermal control system has sufficient heat dissipation capability to prevent the cryocoolers from over temperature (+40°C) in hot environment, meanwhile to ensure temperatures of the cryocoolers higher than their lower limit (−20°C) in cold environment. Experiment results show that the thermal control system for AMS cryocoolers functions stably satisfying design specification.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-013-5704-7
