22-12-2022 дата публикации
Номер: US20220404094A1
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Various systems and methods for suppling cryogenic refrigeration to supercomputing applications such as quantum computing operations are provided. The disclosed systems and methods are flexible, efficient and scaleable to meet the cryogenic refrigeration requirements of many supercomputing applications. The disclosed systems and methods include: (i) a liquid nitrogen based integrated refrigeration system that integrates a nitrogen refrigerator with a refrigeration load circuit; (ii) a closed loop liquid nitrogen based refrigerator that provides cooling to the refrigeration load circuit via indirect heat exchange between liquid nitrogen in a nitrogen refrigerator and a separate refrigerant in a closed-loop refrigeration load circuit; and (iii) a liquid air based integrated refrigeration system that integrates an air intake system with a refrigerator and a refrigeration load circuit. 1. A liquid nitrogen based integrated refrigeration system comprising:a nitrogen refrigerator having one or more recycle compressors, a warm booster compressor, a cold booster compressor, a warm turbine, a cold turbine, and a heat exchanger with at least one cooling passage and at least one recycle passage;wherein the nitrogen refrigerator is configured to receive a source of nitrogen gas and a nitrogen return stream and produce a nitrogen refrigerant stream;a refrigeration load circuit having an expansion valve or a liquid turbine, a separator, a buffer tank, and a refrigeration load;wherein the refrigeration load circuit is configured to: (a) receive the nitrogen refrigerant stream; (b) expand the nitrogen refrigerant stream in the expansion valve or the liquid turbine; (c) separate the expanded nitrogen refrigerant stream in the separator into a liquid portion and a vapor portion; (d) cool a refrigeration load with the liquid portion of the expanded nitrogen refrigerant stream while vaporizing the liquid portion of the expanded nitrogen refrigerant stream; and (e) return the vaporized ...
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