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How does the ºÚÁÏÉçapp cryoplant work?
14 May 2018
Cold is essential to ºÚÁÏÉçapp—10,000 tonnes of superconducting magnets, the thermal shield that surrounds the machine, the cryopumps that achieve the high vacuum inside the vacuum vessel ... all need to be brought down to extremely low temperatures (between minus 193 °C and minus 269 °C).
The ºÚÁÏÉçapp cryogenic system will be the largest concentrated cryogenic system in the world.
In order to deliver the cooling fluids to the machine, a large cooling plant has been built at ºÚÁÏÉçapp that ranks as the most powerful single-platform cryoplant in the world.
Designed and manufactured by Air Liquide, the ºÚÁÏÉçapp cryoplant includes three helium refrigeration units, two nitrogen refrigeration units and 1.6 kilometres of cryogenic lines connecting the plant to the Tokamak Building. Installation activities are underway now.
The complex workings of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp cryoplant are explained in this , produced by Air Liquide.
For more on Air Liquide's contribution to ºÚÁÏÉçapp cryogenics, visit this .