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Terence Rufer

Ajay N Khatri

Dennis H Hill

Ravi Bains

A system for cryogenic cooling of a remote cooling target comprising a cryogenic cooling device and a flexible cold fluid discharge interface, said flexible cold fluid discharge interface further comprising a flexible outer hose, a flexible middle recirculation line, a flexible inner hose, a flexible cryogen supply line, a first annular vacuum insulating area disposed between said flexible outer hose and said middle recirculation line, and a second annular vacuum insulating area disposed between said flexible inner hose and said flexible supply line. Said outer flexible hose, first evacuated annular segment, recirculation line, inner hose, second evacuated annular segment and supply line are arranged substantially concentrically. The system further comprising a first connecting means for connecting a first terminal end of the flexible cold fluid discharge interface to said cryogenic cooling device and a second connecting means comprising a rigid insertion member disposed at the second terminal end of the flexible cold fluid discharge interface for inserting into a remote cooling location.

System for cryogenic cooling of remote cooling target

A sapphire interface with a closed cycle cryogenic cooler replace liquid nitrogen in cryotraps for gas chromatographs, cryofocusers for gas chromatographs, DMA's and DSC's. Inverse thermal properties of sapphire allow the closed cycle cooler to function at cryogenic temperatures at one end of a sapphire element while temperature of a test element is raised at the other end. Quartz and silicon are alternatives to sapphire. Substantial mass of the sapphire interface is eliminated by making the test element an integral part of the assembly and enables use of a smaller capacity cooling system. Low mass provides rapid temperature changes when switching between heating and cooling. The cooling requirement remains substantially constant, whether a test sample is heated or cooled.

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