A brief overview of cryogenics in China

✍ Scribed by S.-M. Li

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 323 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-2275
• DOI: 10.1016/0011-2275(95)95350-n

✦ Synopsis

In this paper general aspects of cryogenics in

China are introduced, and applications of cryogenics in the space programme are described briefly, such as its application to the Long March 3 rocket vehicles with LH2/L02 engines, the development of a 750 dm3 h-l liquid hydrogen plant and railway tank cars with 60 and 70 m3 capacities. In addition, the progress of various cryogenic techniques in China is presented, such as the FY-1 radiation refrigerator loaded on a meteorology satellite, regenerative cryocoolers of the Gifford-McMahon, Solvay, Vuilleumier, Stirling and pulse tube types, and the KM-3 and KM-4 space simulation facilities. Finally, the paper discusses current education about refrigeration and cryogenics for undergraduates and graduates.