Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Very efficient heat exchanger for cryogen free MRI magnet
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Application No.: US14347526Application Date: 2012-09-26
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Publication No.: US09683759B2Publication Date: 2017-06-20
- Inventor: Robert Adolph Ackermann , Philippe Menteur , Manmohan Dhar
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/IB2012/055119 WO 20120926
- International Announcement: WO2013/046129 WO 20130404
- Main IPC: F25B9/00
- IPC: F25B9/00 ; F25B25/00 ; F25D19/00 ; G01R33/38 ; G01R33/3815 ; H01F6/04 ; G01R33/035 ; F25B9/10

Abstract:
A heat exchanger (5) includes a thermally conductive cylindrical container (40), at least one thermally conductive tube (30), a cooling column (90), and a cryogen coldhead (100). The cooling column and coldhead condense gaseous helium to liquid helium to maintain a reservoir of liquid helium in the thermally conductive cylindrical container (40). The at least one thermally conductive tube (30) coils circumferentially around the container (40), and extends to at least one superconducting magnet coil heat exchanger (20), and back. The tube forms a selected loop which holds gaseous helium at pressure up about 104 bar (1500 PSI) or room temperature to about 0.75 bar at cryogenic temperatures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140243205A1 VERY EFFICIENT HEAT EXCHANGER FOR CRYOGEN FREE MRI MAGNET Public/Granted day:2014-08-28
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