Efficiency control of the cooling-down process of a cryogenic helium turbo-expander for a 2 t/d hydrogen liquefier

K Zhou, S Li, K Zhao, H Lin, Z Zhang, L Chen… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Efficient liquefaction of hydrogen is a crucial part for the large-scale storage and long-
distance transportation of hydrogen. Helium Brayton cycle based on high-speed turbo …

Preliminary design and performance analysis of a radial inflow turbine for a large-scale helium cryogenic system

X Li, C Lv, S Yang, J Li, B Deng, Q Li - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Large-scale helium cryogenic systems are widely used in superconducting systems, nuclear
fusion engineering, space exploration and large scientific engineering, etc. However, its …

Performance analysis of a large-scale helium Brayton cryo-refrigerator with static gas bearing turboexpander

Y Zhang, Q Li, J Wu, Q Li, W Lu, L Xiong, L Liu… - Energy conversion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Large-scale helium cryo-refrigerator is widely used in superconducting systems, nuclear
fusion engineering, and scientific researches, etc., however, its energy efficiency is quite …

Fixed-point based hierarchical MPC control design for a cryogenic refrigerator

M Alamir, P Bonnay, F Bonne, VV Trinh - Journal of Process Control, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, a simple, general and scalable hierarchical control framework is proposed and
validated through the interconnection of the Joule–Thomson and the Brayton cycle stages of …

A methodology for the performance prediction: flow field and thermal analysis of a helium turboexpander

M Kumar, D Panda, A Kumar, RK Sahoo… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2019 - Springer
Helium liquefaction systems are widely used in nuclear fission, superconductivity, space
industries, and other scientific instruments. However, the efficiency of these systems is quite …

Experimental investigation of control updating period monitoring in industrial PLC-based fast MPC: Application to the constrained control of a cryogenic refrigerator

F Bonne, M Alamir, P Bonnay - Control Theory and Technology, 2017 - Springer
In this paper, a complete industrial validation of a recently published scheme for on-line
adaptation of the control updating period in model predictive control is proposed. The …

Problems and development of methods of dynamic simulation of cryogenic systems

RR Nagimov, IA Arkharov, ES Navasardyan - Chemical and Petroleum …, 2016 - Springer
The problems of designing and employing cryogenic systems operating in transient modes
over a considerable operating time as well as various methods of simulating transient …

Modifications to JLab 12 GeV refrigerator and wide range mix mode performance testing results

P Knudsen, V Ganni, N Hasan, K Dixon… - IOP Conference …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Analysis of data obtained during the spring 2013 commissioning of the new 4.5 K
refrigeration system at Jefferson Lab (JLab) for the 12 GeV upgrade indicated a wide …

Nonlinear observer of the thermal loads applied to the helium bath of a cryogenic Joule–Thompson cycle

F Bonne, M Alamir, P Bonnay - Journal of Process Control, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, a nonlinear observer of the thermal loads applied to the helium bath of a
cryogenic refrigerator is proposed. The thermal loads represent a time-varying thermal …

Model based multivariable controller for large scale compression stations. design and experimental validation on the lhc 18kw cryorefrigerator

F Bonne, M Alamir, P Bonnay, B Bradu - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, a multivariable model-based non-linear controller for Warm Compression
Stations (WCS) is proposed. The strategy is to replace all the PID loops controlling the WCS …