• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.197-201
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• 2002

A free piston and free displacer (FPFD) Stirling cryocooler and inertance pulse tube cryocooler for the cooling infrared detector and cryosensor are currently under development at Korea Institute of Machinery ＆ Materials. The pulse tube cryocooler, which has no moving parts at its cold section, is attractive for obtaining higher reliability, simpler construction and lower vibration than in any other small cryocoolers. In recent years, pulse tube cryocoolers have experienced a rapid development with the aim to eventually replace Stirling and Gifford-McMahon cryocoolers in various applications. In this study, operating characteristics of the conventional linear Stirling cryocooler was investigated by experiment. And, inertance pulse tube cryocooler with the commercial linear compressor(Leybold Polar) was designed, manufactured, and tested by the variations of the operating frequency, charging pressure and input power.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.30-35
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• 2003

The inductive superconducting fault current limiter (SFCLJ limits the fault current with its dc reactor. To fabricate the optimal dc reactor for inductive SFCL, several design and manufacturing technologies are necessary. In this paper, the manufacturing technology for dc reactor and cryogenic cooling method are described in detail. GM-cryocooler was used enlarge the critical current of dc reactor by cooling down the temperature of dc reactor about 20 K. Moreover, the results of short circuit test were described. Finally, the thermal characteristics of conduction-cooled system were discussed and then, sub-cooled nitrogen system was proposed to enhance the thermal stability of dc reactor.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.58-65
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• 2003

The high temperature superconductivity(HTS) cable must be cooled below the nitrogen liquefaction temperature to applicate the cable in power generation and transmi-ssion system under the superconducting state. To obtain superconducting state. a reliable cryocooler system is required. Structural and thermal design have been performed to design cryocooler system operated with reverse Brayton cycle using gas neon as refrigerant. This cryocooler system consists of compressor. recuperator. coldbox. control valves and has 1 kW cooling capacity. Heat loss calculation was conducted for the given cryocooler system by considering the conduction and radiation through the multi-layer insulation(MLI) and high vacuum. The results can be summarized as: conduction heat loss is 7 W in valves and access port and radiation heat loss is 18 W through the surface of cryocooler. The full design specifications were discussed and the results were applied to construct in house HTS cable cooling system.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.35-38
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• 2000

A preliminary design of gas-gp thermal switch is presented to reduce the cooldown time of superconducting system conduction-cooled by a two-stage refrigerator without liquid cryogens. The switch connects thermally the first and the second stages (ON) to take advantage of the larger refrigeration capacity at the first stage during the beginning period. After the cryogenic temperature is reached, the switch should isolate thermally the two stages (OFF) in order to reduce the heat leak to the cold end. In this paper, a new concept for the performance index is introduced to evaluate the reduction of the cooldown time and the increase of the cooling load at the same time. In addition, the design of a gas-gap switch is discussed as a closed container of several staggered concentric tubes filled with gas, which is frozen at low temperatures for the shut-off of heat without any mechanical actuation. Some of the detailed features in the design is quantitative investigated by the gas convection model in the continuum or the rarefied gas region.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2003.02a
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• pp.156-159
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• 2003

A free piston and free displacer(FPFD) Stirling cryocooler for cooling infrared and cryo-sensors is currently under development at KIMM(Korea Institute of Machinery ＆ Materials). Our coolers are specifically designed to work in the thermal imaging device and to meet requirements such as cooling capacity, COP and high reliability. In this work, Stirling cryocooler is designed, manufactured and fabricated, and performance characteristics are investigated. This cooler delivers approximately 0.5W cooling at 77K for 30W ∼ 40W of input power from AC power supply. And, after the climate performance and reliability for the cryocooler is discussed, operating test without cooling load at the cold end is performed.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.320-326
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• 1997

The stability of Bi-based superconducting wires cooled by a cryocooler was studied by considering the temperature dependency of critical current and electrical resistivity. The critical current measured in 23 K was about 7 times higher than that measured in liquid nitrogen of 77 K. The stability behavior of Bi based multifilament wires subjected to a thermal disturbance, which was simulated with a electric heater, was investigated by measuring the variation of voltage drop with time. Current sharing was occurred, and recovery to superconductivity was measured in the wire after removing heater power.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.316-319
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• 2003

Cryogenic refrigerator system is necessary for cooling the superconducting rotor. Among the various cryogenic refrigerator systems, on-board hybrid pulse tube cryocooler is designed for cooling the superconducting rotor. Hybrid pulse tube cryocooler is composed of pulse tube cryocooler and Stirling cryocooler. This Stirling cryocooler precools the middle point of regenerator to obtain lower temperature at cold part of pulse tube cryocooler. In this paper, only Stirling cryocooler is on-boarded then rotated by motor for various rotating speeds and heat loads at cold part of Stilting cryocooler. Through this experiment the feasibility of the on-board cryocooler is investigated.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.171-175
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• 2003

The sub-cooled nitrogen cooling system at 65 K with GM cryo-cooler is developed for cooling down the DC reactor of 6.6 ㎸-200 A class HTS Fault Current Limiter(SFCL). The sub-cooled nitrogen cooling is more economic than saturated nitrogen cooling, because the length of HTS wire is reduced in the same capacity, as well as, more stable. The cooling system with the GM cryo-cooler installed on the cryostat is not only compact but also efficient for energy saving. In the nitrogen vessel, after evacuating with vacuum pump to saturated nitrogen at 65 K, sub-cooled nitrogen at 65 K is made by putting in gas helium to 1 atm. During the short circuit test occurring the fault current of 1000 A, the sub-cooled nitrogen cooled DC reactor for SFCL is kept the state of sub-cooled nitrogen at 65 K.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.153-159
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• 2007

In-cryostat helium lines are under installation to transfer a cryogenic helium into cold components in KSTAR device. In KSTAR, three kinds of helium should be supplied into the cold components, which are supercritical helium Into superconduction(SC) magnet system, liquid helium into current lead system, and gas helium into thermal shields. Cryogenic helium lines consist of transfer lines outside the cryostat, in-cryostat helium lines, and electrical breaks. In-cryostat helium lines should be guaranteed of leak tightness for tong time operation at high internal helium pressure of 20 bar. We wrapped the helium line with multi-layer insulator(MLI) to reduce radiation heat and insulated the surface of the high potential part with prepreg tape. The electrical break was fabricated by brazing ceramic tube with stainless steel tube. To ensure the operation reliability at operation temperature, all the electrical break have been examined by the thermal cycle test at liquid nitrogen and by the hydraulic test at 30 bar. And additional surface insulation was prepared with prepreg tape to give structural safety. At present most of the in-cryostat helium lines have been installed and the final inspection test is progressing.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.389-400
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• 1991

압정가공은 열간압정과 냉간압정으로 크게 나눌 수 있으며, 압정기와 피압정재의 종류에 따라 서도 분류한다. 열간압정에서는 알루미늄과 알루미늄합금을 제외하고는 종래에 오직 물만이 냉각겸 윤활제로 사용되어 왔다. 그러나 근년에 와서 열간압정에서도 윤활유를 사용하게 됨으 로서 롤(roll)의 수명연장, 전력소비량의 저감 및 사상(finishing) 강판의 표면품질향상등에 극히 유효하다는 것을 인식하게 되었다. 한편 냉각압정에서는 압정유를 사용해 온 것이 100년 가까이 되는 역사가 있고, 특히 과거 십 수년간에는 상당히 광범위하게 연구가 이루어져서, 많은 실적을 갖게 되었다. 예컨대, 석도원판으로 대표되는 박판압정에 있어서는 고속고압하에서 판의 형상 및 표면정쟁성 향상은 물론이고 저온(에너지 절감, 작업성 개선) 저농도사용(원단위감소)이 이루어 지고, 나아가 장수명(액의 오염이 적은 것)의 압정유가 개발되었다. 또한 마대강 압정에 있어 서는 고윤활이면서도 ECL(electric cleaning line)의 성략도 가능한 압정유 즉 밀크린시트(mill clean sheet) 압정유의 연구도 활발히 진행되고 있다. 압정유의 역할을 살펴보면 열간 또는 냉 간을 불문하고, 롤과 재료간의 감마작용이 주가 되지만 기타 실용적으로는 (1)냉각성 (2)판의 끝맺음(finishing)성 (3)선정선 (4)방장성,비부식성 (5) 내노화성 (6) 오일.스테인(oil stain) (7) 급 유성 (8)액관리성 (9)비수처리성 10) 안전위생 (11)경제성 등을 열거할 수 있다.