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Small Business Innovations (Cryostat)
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
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Overview
General Pneumatics Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ, developed an anti-clogging cryostat that liquefies gases by expansion for high pressure through a nozzle to produce cryorefrigeration based on their Kennedy Space Center Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) work to develop a Joule-Thomson (JT) expansion valve that is less susceptible to clogging by particles or condensed contaminants in the flow than a non-contaminating compressor in a closed cycle Linde-Hampson cryocooler used to generate cryogenic cooling for infrared sensors, super conductors, supercooled electronics and cryosurgery.