***CONCEPT*** Dummy PTR Proposal

Duco Bouter May 29, 2013

Supervisor Project Title

Rob Walet Dummy PTR for PID parameter optimization

Overview
To be able to predict in more detail what the PID parameters would be for the PTR (pulse tube refrigerator) in the xenon project will be, we propose a dummy PRT. With this dummy PRT design we will simulate its cooling power and attach a power resistor to simulate the heater on the PTR. A PT100 sensor will be used to measure the temperature with the Lakeshore PID controller hence controlling the heater to stabalize the dummy PTR design to a certain set temperate.

Design Requirements
The real PTR will cool the xenon gas hence liquefying it. To cool the cool the real PTR helium will be pumped trough the PTR and a circular shaped heater ring is used to be able to control the temperature of the PTR. The dummy PTR has to simulate the heat controlling part. The dummy PTR should therefore require the following requirements: Able to conduct a negative heatux cooling a at upper face to 100 C with a cooling power of 20W. The source of the cooling power will be a dewar lled with liquid nitrogen, so the dummy PTR must be suspended inside the dewar to obtain the required 20W cooling power. Furthermore the upper face of the PTR dummy must provide space for a power resistor (used as heating device), a PT-100 temperature sensor and a suspension solution. The dimensions of the PT-100 sensor are negligible. The dimensions of the power resistors footprint are 50mm by 29.4mm.

Proposed Design
The dummy PTR we propose has the following typical shape: a think top plate, where at the bottom a solid cylindrical shaped rod is connected. The rod is used to cool the upper plate trough heat conduction, submerging the rod partially into liquid nitrogen. Using Fouriers heat conduction equation = T we are able to compute the diameter of the in liquid nitrogen submerged rod. For one dimensional cooling this equation gets the following form Jz T || = = S x 1

where Jx is the ow of heat though the rod, S is the cross-sectional surface of the rod, is the conductivity of the material used, T the dierence in temperature between the ends of the rod and x the distance between the cooling uid surface and the upper plate. In the situation where the dummy PTR is partially submerged into the liquid nitrogen and wanting to set the temperature of the top plate to 100 we have T = 96 , choosing a x = 0.1m there is enough length of the rod left to ensure an adequate negative heatux in the submerged part of the rod and having still plenty length left to change the cooling power. As material we choose aluminium, this material has the advantage of creating an aluminium skin partially isolating the x of the rod from the extra cold atmosphere surrounding it. The isolating eect from the skin formed on the submerged part is negligible, as it is fully submerged in the liquid nitrogen environment and x is choosen in such a way that the submerged surface is roughly ten times the required surface for the 20W heat conduction(r2 ).

Figure 1: Schemtic view including dimensions of the dummy PTR inside the liquid nitrogen dewar

Using all data presented in the previous paragraph the required radius of the rod will be r = 5.8mm. The part of the rod that will be submerged has to be approximately ten times the surface of the rods cross-section. Solving gives the following immersing depth: A = 10(r ) 9(r2 ) 9(r ) x x
2 2

Abottom + Acylinder r2 + Acylinder Acylinder 2rx 9 r 2 26.1mm

= = = = =

To suspend the dummy PTR correctly above and partially in the liquid nitrogen the PTR is connected to three threaded rods(m3) that are attached to a massive aluminium plate equipped with a tapped m8 hole in the center. In there an m8 threaded rod will carry the entire system being attached to a supporting structure that rests on the inlet of the dewar.

Technical Drawings for the Workshop

Yet to be created by Rob