Turbo-Brayton cryocooler technology for low temperature space applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4850, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1029-1037

  Zagarola, Mark V ^a   Breedlove, Jeffrey J ^a   McCormick, John A ^a   Swift, Walter L ^a  

^a CREARE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic Cooling of Infrared Instruments; Turbo Brayton Cryocoolers

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; CRYOGENICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINERY;

CRYOCOOLERS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038739238     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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