Course examines cryogenics.Cryogenic engineering will be examined during a short course, sponsored by Cryoco, to be held July 31 to August 5 at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Boulder, CO. Course objectives include building a solid foundation in the fundamentals of cryogenics cryogenics: see low-temperature physics. cryogenics Study and use of low-temperature phenomena. The cryogenic temperature range is from −238°F (−150°C) to absolute zero. At low temperatures, matter has unusual properties. , encouraging a hands-on approach to solving cryogenic problems, defining and demonstrating what is different at low temperatures, and providing up-to-date cryogenic information. The cryogenic engineering short course is designed to be practical, not theoretical. The lecture material is continually modified to provide the most up-to-date instruction possible for engineers and others working in the cryogenics industry. Students and faculty work out real workshop problems chosen from the most current personal experience. This short course is a practical course, taught by working engineers for working engineers. The course has 40 contact hours of instruction, the same as a three-semester-hour university level engineering course. On Monday, July 31, instructors will present an introduction, review of basic concepts, including thermodynamic ther·mo·dy·nam·ic adj. 1. Characteristic of or resulting from the conversion of heat into other forms of energy. 2. Of or relating to thermodynamics. principles (heat capacity, enthalpy enthalpy (ĕn`thălpē), measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system; it is a quantity derived from the heat and work relations studied in thermodynamics. , entropy), thermodynamic functions and equations of state, deriving thermodynamic properties of cryogenic fluids and a thermodynamics workshop (using thermodynamic charts to describe and optimize a cryogenic process, and properties of cryogenic fluids, including a complete description of P-V-T P-V-T Pressure Volume Temperature (also seen as PVT) P-V-T Protoss vs. Terran (Starcraft game) surface, phase diagrams, how thermodynamic charts are derived from fluid properties, thermophysical properties of fluids, their definition and application, engineering properties of specific cryogenic fluids and sources of engineering data for cryogenic fluids. On Tuesday, August 1, instructors will discuss cryogenic equipment (compressors and expanders, storage vessels, heat exchangers, cryogenic transfer lines, two-phase flow, cryogenic valves and insulation), as well as cryogenic engineering instrumentation (strain and displacement measurements, pressure, flow and liquid level, thermometry thermometry Science of measuring the temperature of a system or the ability of a system to transfer heat to another system. Temperature measurement is important to a wide range of activities, including manufacturing, scientific research, and medicine. and a cryogenic instrumentation workshop. On Wednesday, August 2, instructors will discuss properties of solids at low temperatures, including brittle versus ductile behavior, mechanical properties of materials of construction at low temperatures, transport properties of materials at low temperatures, electrical properties of materials at low temperatures, sources of data on properties of materials and a properties of solids workshop, as well as refrigeration and liquefaction liquefaction, change of a substance from the solid or the gaseous state to the liquid state. Since the different states of matter correspond to different amounts of energy of the molecules making up the substance, energy in the form of heat must either be supplied to - the production of low temperatures, including basic principles of low temperature production, Joule-Thomson expansion, isentropic is·en·tro·pic adj. Without change in entropy; at constant entropy. [is(o)- + entrop(y) + -ic.] is expansion, cryocoolers, regenerative cycles and pulse tubes, and a refrigeration workshop. On Thursday, August 3, instructors will discuss cryogenic systems, including storage vessel considerations, fluid transfer considerations and sources of data and analysis codes. On Friday, August 4, instructors will examine liquefied natural gas liquefied natural gas: see under natural gas. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) A product of natural gas which consists primarily of methane. Its properties are those of liquid methane, slightly modified by minor constituents. processing, including scope and scale of the industry, separation and purification, large-scale LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. liquefaction cycles, LNG storage and insulation, and transportation and LNG pipelines. Instructors will include Dr. Thomas M. Flynn, author of the course text, "Cryogenic Engineering"; Dr. Arthur Kidnay, Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines, at Golden; state supported, coeducational; chartered 1874. It was one of the first mineral engineering schools in the United States. ; Dr. Robert S. Rudland; and Robert Bell, Boeing. Course fees are $2,950. In addition to the course text, "Cryogenic Engineering," by Dr. Flynn, registrants will receive the course notes, compiled and updated by the instructors and containing over 900 pages of information and complete notes for each lecture. This course is designed for engineers, analysts, technicians and test engineers, managers and administrators. Further information on this cryogenic engineering short course is available from Dr. Thomas M. Flynn (303) 665-8302. |
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