MECH 543

Cryogenic Engineering

Units: 1.5

Cryogenics: definition and applications. Properties at low temperatures. Refrigeration and liquefaction cycles - cascade, Linde, Claude; liquefaction of air, hydrogen and helium. Regenerative refrigeration cycles - Stirling, Gifford-McMahon cycles and their derivatives. Magnetic refrigeration, AMR processes; application to liquefaction.

Graduate course in the Mechanical Engineering program administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.