LOW TEMPERATURE TECHNOLOGY

Course Description

CATE - Cluster for Accelerator Technology

This course is a part of a course package especially tailored

by CATE for companies with an interest to develop business in the area of accelerator technology. The courses are
based on technical requirements and design challenges
within this area and aim to bring knowledge and understanding about what is required to be able to deliver to
big science facilities and industry in the area of accelerator
technology.
The course gives an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of low temperature technology (cryogenics).
Basics in thermodynamics of refrigeration and the
processes applied are introduced together with the
properties of cryogenic fluids. Emphasis is on fundamental engineering technologies of cryogenic equipment which comprises properties of materials at low
temperature, insulation techniques and design.

Low temperature technology is a comparatively
young engineering branch with future potential and
is indispensible for accelerator and space technology,
some medical technologies, industry, superconductivity and basic research.

ESS; - what is the new Skandinavian based European research laboratory, how will it look like,
what is the role of cryogenics.

CONTENTS
1. Introduction to low temperature technology and
thermodynamics
2. Cryogenic fluids
3. Cryogenic process principles and cryoplants
4. Cryogenic equipment
5. Cryostat design
6. Thermal insulation and vacuum
7. Low temperature properties of materials
8. Cryogenics for superconducting magnets and
resonance cavities
9. ESS (an overview)

OBJECTIVE
The aim of the course is to provide participants with
an understanding of basic principles in cryogenics being of importance for the design and construction of
cryogenic equipment.
After the course the participants will have an insight in:

Refrigeration; - what makes processes work to

refrigerate and liquefy helium and other fluids and
what is the thermodynamics behind.
Cryogenic fluids; what are the fluids and their
properties, how cryogenic fluids behave, how to
store them.
Cryogenic equipment; - what kind of equipment
is required in cryogenics and how do they work,
how are they designed, how are cryostats designed.
Low temperature properties of materials;- how do
the materials behave at low temperatures and what
are the particularities one has to pay attention to
for the design of equipment.
Insulation techniques; -how to provide for the
unusual insulation in cryogenics and how to produce vacuum needed.

The LHC dipole magnet. Copyright CERN

SCHEDULE
The dates for this 1.5-day course are:
September 3, 2012
September 4, 2012

1 pm 5 pm
8.30 am 4 pm

The course will be given in Lund on the premises of

ESS.
Registration deadline: June 30, 2012.
The course is free of charge. After registration we
expect you to participate. For a no-show you will be
charged for lunch and the course material. Replacement of registered participants is permitted any time
before the start of the course. Please inform us accordingly.

Copyright Lund University Commissioned Education 2012

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE COURSE

Engineers, designers and physicists involved in engineering, or
persons seeking for information in the domain of this technology to get new ideas for product engineering development.
There are no formal requirements regarding academic
qualifications. However, in order for the course to be of best
use for the participants it is advisible that they have some basic
knowledge in physics or mechanics.
LECTURER
Dr. Friedrich Haug studied Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Applied Sciences at Ulm and at the University
of Stuttgart, Germany. He did research at the Joint Research
Centre of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy from
1981 to 1984 and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory,
USA, from 1984 to 1986. In 1986 he joined CERN where
he worked on cryogenics for superconducting magnets
and accelerating cavities and cryogenics for detectors and
large scale test facilities. He participated in the design and
commissioning of the ATLAS detector cryogenics and held
a position as deputy group leader for Cryogenics for Experiments.

To register please go to www.cateproject.se

For information about the course and
application, please contact:
Dr. Mirka Fahlander at Lund University Commissioned
Education, telephone 046-222 0777 or
mirka.fahlander@education.lu.se or
Joanne Hurman, telephone 046-222 0751 or
joanne.hurman@education.lu.se

www.cateproject.se

ATLAS detector is being placed in its cryostat. Copyright CERN