Cryogenic Technology and Applications [Hardcover]

A.R. Jha (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 18, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0750678879 | ISBN-13: 978-0750678872 | Edition: 1

Cryogenic Technology and Applications describes the need for smaller cryo-coolers as a result of the advances in the miniaturization of electrical and optical devices and the need for cooling and conducting efficiency. Cryogenic technology deals with materials at low temperatures and the physics of their behavior at these temps. The book demonstrates the ongoing new applications being discovered for cryo-cooled electrical and optical sensors and devices, with particular emphasis on high-end commercial applications in medical and scientific fields as well as in the aerospace and military industries.

This book summarizes the important aspects of cryogenic technology critical to the design and development of refrigerators, cryo-coolers, and micro-coolers needed by various commercial, industrial, space and military systems. Cryogenic cooling plays an important role in unmanned aerial vehicle systems, infrared search and track sensors, missile warning receivers, satellite tracking systems, and a host of other commercial and military systems.

* Provides an overview of the history of the development of cryogenic technology
* Includes the latest information on micro-coolers for military and space applications
* Offers detailed information on high-capacity cryogenic refrigerator systems used in applications such as food storage, high-power microwave and laser sensors, medical diagnostics, and infrared detectors

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

A single-source introductory survey of state-of-the-art cryotechnology and applications to high performance electronic and photonic sensors and devices.

From the Back Cover

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Technology: Engineering. General

Cryogenic Technology and Applications

A.R. Jha, Ph.D.
Jha Technical Consulting Services, Cerritos, CA, USA


KEY FEATURES
. Provides an overview of the history of the development of cryogenic technology
. Includes the latest information on advanced cooling systems, including micro-coolers for military and space applications
. Offers detailed information on high-capacity cryogenic refrigerator systems used in food storage, high-power microwave and laser sensors, medical diagnostics, and infrared detectors

Cryogenic Technology and Applications offers an up-to-date review and assessment of the newest applications of cryogenics-the science and technology of media chilled to very low temperatures--for a variety of industrial, medical, and military uses. It covers today's new smaller cryo-coolers, which have greatly accelerated advances in the miniaturization of electrical and optical devices. The book explains ongoing new applications being discovered for cryo-cooled electrical and optical sensors and devices, with particular emphasis on high-end commercial applications in medical and scientific fields as well as in the aerospace and military industries.

Cryogenic Technology and Applications emphasizes the critical aspects of cryogenics in the design and development of refrigerators, cryo-coolers, and micro-coolers needed by various commercial, industrial, space and military systems. It shows how cryogenic cooling plays an important role in unmanned aerial vehicle systems, infrared search and track sensors, missile warning receivers, satellite tracking systems, and a host of other commercial and military systems.


Contents: Introduction on Technology advancements and chronological development history of cryogenic technology; Effects of heat flow on heat exchanger performance and cooler efficiency; Terms and phenomena associated with cryogenic engineering; Critical design aspects and performance capabilities of cry coolers and microcoolers with low cooling capacities

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1 edition (November 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750678879
• ISBN-13: 978-0750678872
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,395,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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