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Journal of Automation and Automobile Engineering Volume 2 Issue 3

Cryogenics-a new revolution

Prabhanshu Sinha Mechanical Engineering Department BRCM College of Engineering & Technology, Bahal [email protected]

Abstract Cryogenic are stored at very low temperature so that they can be remained in state and are used mostly in as a prime fuels as other fuels can’t be used their due to absence of environment required to burn the

Keywords:Cryogenic,,fuel,,machinery.

INTRODUCTION instead of warmth remedy as a way to bea is the study of manufacturing utify the lifestyles of gear. very low temperature (as low as 123K) and how the cloth is going to act at that It was based on a simple methodology if temperature. the temperature is lowered to room temperature and then if it is further more The word cryogenic is derived from Greek reduced then it can increase the tool life phrases Cryos that means low temperature but it got failed due to sudden shocks in and Genics which means producing. In 19 the material tool Characteristic temperatur 66 agency named Cryo tech experimented es of cryogenic fluids[K] The possibility of the usage of cryogenic

Table1:Cryogenic Technology cryogen triple point normal bp critical point methane 90.7 111.6 190.5 54.4 90.6 154.6 argon 83.8 87.3 150.9 63.1 77.3 126.2 neon 24.6 27.1 44.2 13.8 20.4 33.2 2.2 4.2 5.2

This technology is the process of HISTORY OF CRYOGENIC combining fuels at cryogenic temperature ENGINE which is & . In 1963, United States of America was the This mixture of fuel offers highest energy first country to develop the CRE with the efficiency which in turn produces the use of RL-10 with the successful highest amount of and the rocket and it's far nevertheless used on engine is designed in such a way that the Atlas-V rocket. Different international locations are like: used LE5 in 1997, oxidizer remain referigeted in liquid state used HM7 in 1979 used the and during exhaust no harmful gases are respective rocket engines. Here the produced as the combination of hydrogen mixture of liquid N2, H2 and O2 are used & oxygen only produces water. as fuels. In 1987, first CRE was launched with human in space.

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COMPONENTS OF CRYOGENIC nitrogen, stored at 320 degrees Fahrenheit, is vaporized with the aid of the 1. heat exchanger. Nitrogen gasoline fashione 2. Pyrotechnic igniter d inside the heat exchanger expands to 3. Fuel injector approximately seven hundred instances the 4. Fuel cryopumps extent of its liquid form. This distinctly 5. Oxidizer cryopumps pressurized gasoline is then fed to the 6. Gas turbines expander, in which the force of the 7. Cryo valves nitrogen gasoline is converted into 8. Regulator mechanical energy. 9. Fuel tank & rocket WHY HIGH EFFICIENCY WORKING The rocket engine works on newton‟s 3rd Cryogenic rocket engines are designed in law of motion. The thrust produces is in such a way that the fuels remain liquid opposite direction in lower atmosphere fuels can be held at “cryogenic which makes the use of liquid oxygen & temperature” The components are also liquid hydrogen which produces extremely cooled so that the fuel doesn‟t get boiled high heat fluxes as pure liquid oxygen off. The thrust for the rocket comes from works significantly at hotter combustion the rapid expansion of the liquid fuels & chambers which is not possible in any of the energy needed to heat the fuel comes the jet engines . from burning them once they are gases. The cryogenic rockets are the highest performance engines but the only disadvantage while designing these engines is that they are bulky and require heavy installation for .

The 's main engines used for liftoff are cryogenic engines. The Shuttle's smaller for orbital maneuvering use non-cryogenic hypergolic fuels, which Fig 1: Next Generation Rocket Engine are compact and are stored at warm temperatures. Currently, only the United Currently NASA is working on „Xenon States, , , France, Japan and ion engine‟ which accelerates the ion at India have mastered cryogenic rocket extremely high rate to create thrust by technology. using Lorentz forces or Columbian forces

The cryogenic engine gets its name from the extraordinarily bloodless temperature at which liquid nitrogen is stored. Air transferring across the vehicle is used to warmness liquid nitrogen to a boil. once it boils, it turns to gas inside the identical manner that heated water paperwork in a . A rocket just like the 5 makes use of oxygen and hydrogen, both saved as a cryogenic liquid, to provide its power. The liquid Fig 2

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APPLICATIONS many others. It may also solve a major 1. Cryo pumps and turbo molecular problem of fuel in future and can be pumps are required in space as the proved to be a reliable source of energy for level of required in space major purposes simulation chambers are very high. 2. Life of tools, Die casting & their dies, REFERENCES forging, jigs & fixtures increase when  Cryogenic technology & rocket subjected to cryogenic heat treatment. engines(international journal of 3. Cryogenic recycling turns the scrap in aerospace and mechanical engineering raw material by subjecting it to cryoge volume 2 – no.5, august 2015) nic i.e.extremely lowtemperatures.  An introduction to cryogenics(europea This is mostly used for PVC, Rubber. nrganization for nuclear research 4. Cryo-surgery is a novel technique in laboratory for particle physics) which the harmful tissues are  Cryogenics- birth of an era(national destroyed by freezing them to conference on innovative paradigms in cryogenic temperature. It has shorter engineering & technology (ncipet- recovery time. 2012) proceedings published by intern 5. Preserving food at low temperature is a ational journal of computer application well-known technique s® (ijca)  Rocket engine analysis andits features ADVANTAGES on the basis of cryogenic technology 1. High Specific (prosunroy ,bachelor of technology, 2. Non-toxic and non-corrosive department of mechanical engineering, propellants techno india college of technology) 3. Non-hypergolic, improved ground  safety  Engineering Materials & Metallurgy by V. Jaya Kumar, A. R. S. DISADVANTAGES Publications. 1. Low density of liquid Hydrogen –  G. P. Sutton: Rocket more structural mass Elements, Seventh Edition, Wiley,

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