Cryogenic Technology and Applications

<strong>Cryogenic Technology and Applications</strong> describes the need for smaller cryocoolers as a result of the advances in the miniaturization of electric... » 

Cryogenic Technology and Applications describes the need for smaller cryocoolers as a result of the advances in the miniaturization of electrical andoptical devices and the need for cooling and conducting efficiency. Cryogenictechnology deals with materials at low temperatures and the physics of theirbehavior at these temps. The book demonstrates the ongoing new applicationsbeing discovered for cryocooled electrical and optical sensors and deviceswith particular emphasis on highend commercial applications in medical andscientific fields as well as in the aerospace and military industries.This book summarizes the important aspects of cryogenic technology critical tothe design and development of refrigerators cryocoolers and microcoolersneeded by various commercial industrial space and military systems. Cryogeniccooling plays an important role in unmanned aerial vehicle systems infraredsearch and track sensors missile warning receivers satellite trackingsystems and a host of other commercial and military systems. Provides an overview of the history of the development of cryogenictechnology Includes the latest information on microcoolers for military and spaceapplications Offers detailed information on highcapacity cryogenic refrigerator systemsused in applications such as food storage highpower microwave and lasersensors medical diagnostics and infrared detectors «