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Cryogenic refrigeration
Industrial Research is developing a low-cost cooling technology specifically for HTS[?] applications.
A cryocooler.
Cryogenic cooling is essential to the operation of HTS devices. As HTS wire costs are reduced, the cost of cooling is becoming a significant factor in the bid for widespread HTS uptake.
It also has several potential applications outside of HTS devices, including gas liquefaction, biological sample storage and food preservation.
Our cryogenic refrigeration research programme is aimed at building an internationally competitive cryogenic refrigeration industry to support New Zealand's growing high temperature superconductor and manufacturing industries.
The focus of the programme is on cryogenic refrigerators for HTS magnets for scientific and industrial applications. Refrigerators with higher and lower cooling powers for gas liquefaction and HTS electronic applications will also be developed.
The key research team is: IRL and HTS-110[?] Ltd. Research will be managed via IRL's HTS team. Commercialisation of the technology developed is intended to be via HTS-110.