Challenges and Design Solutions of the Liquid Hydrogen Circuit at the European Spallation Source

Stephen Gallimore, Per Nilsson, Pascal Sabbagh, Alan Takibayev, John Weisend, Y. Bessler, M. Klaus

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    Abstract

    The European Spallation Source (ESS), Lund, Sweden will be a 5MW long-pulse neutron spallation research facility and will enable new opportunities for researchers in the fields of life sciences, energy, environmental technology, cultural heritage and fundamental physics. Neutrons are produced by accelerating a high-energy proton beam into a rotating helium-cooled tungsten target. These neutrons pass through moderators to reduce their energy to an appropriate range (< 5 meV for cold neutrons); two of which will use liquid hydrogen at 17 K as the moderating and cooling medium. There are several technical challenges to overcome in the design of a robust system that will operate under such conditions, not least the 20 kW of deposited heat. These challenges and the associated design solutions will be detailed in this paper.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAdvances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC (AIP Conference Proceedings)
    PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Pages659-664
    Volume1573
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    EventJoint Conference of the Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference (CEC) / Transactions of the International Cryogenic Materials Conference - Anchorage, AK
    Duration: 2013 Jun 172013 Jun 21

    Publication series

    Name
    Volume1573
    ISSN (Print)1551-7616
    ISSN (Electronic)0094-243X

    Conference

    ConferenceJoint Conference of the Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference (CEC) / Transactions of the International Cryogenic Materials Conference
    Period2013/06/172013/06/21

    Subject classification (UKÄ)

    • Natural Sciences
    • Physical Sciences

    Free keywords

    • ESS
    • Supercritcal Liquid Hydrogen
    • Moderators
    • Ortho/Para conversion
    • Spallation

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