Sorption-based vibration-free cooler for the METIS instrument on E-ELT

Y. Wu; C.H. Vermeer; H.J. Holland; J. Doornink; B. Benthem; E. Boom; H.J.M. ter Brake

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Sorption-based vibration-free cooler for the METIS instrument on E-ELT

Y. Wu, C.H. Vermeer, H.J. Holland, J. Doornink, B. Benthem, E. Boom, H.J.M. ter Brake

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METIS is the 'Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph' for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) that will cover the thermal/mid-infrared wavelength range from 3 - 14 micron, and requires cryogenic cooling of detectors and optics. A vibration-free cooling technology for this instrument based on sorption coolers is developed at the University of Twente in collaboration with Dutch Space. In the baseline design, the instrument has four temperature levels: N-band: detector at 8 K and optics at 25 K; L/M-band: detector at 40 K and optics at 70 K. The latter temperature level is established by a pumped-liquid nitrogen line. The cooling powers required at the lower three levels are 0.4 W, 1.1 W, and 1.4 W, respectively. We propose a vibration-free sorption-based cooler with three cascaded Joule-Thomson (JT) coolers of which the sorption compressors are all heat sunk at the 70 K platform. A helium-operated cooler is used to obtain the 8 K level with a cooling power of 0.4 W. Here, three pre-cooling stages are used at 40 K, 25 K and 15 K. The latter two levels are provided by a hydrogen-based cooler, whereas the 40 K level is realized by a neon-based sorption cooler. In the paper, we present the preliminary design of this threestage cooler and we discuss the developments towards a demonstrator version of this METIS cooler.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Cryogenic Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	Transactions of the International Cryogenic Materials Conference, CEC : Anchorage, Alaska, USA ; 17-21 June 2013
Editors	J.G. Weisend II
Place of Publication	Anchorage, Alaska
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
Pages	17-21
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7354-1201-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4860694
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2014
Event	2013 Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference, CEC/ICMC 2013 - Denaína Civic and convention Center, Anchorage, United States Duration: 17 Jun 2013 → 21 Jun 2013 http://www.cec-icmc.org/cec-icmc-2013/

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
Volume	1573
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X

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Conference	2013 Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference, CEC/ICMC 2013
Abbreviated title	CEC/ICMC
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anchorage
Period	17/06/13 → 21/06/13
Internet address	http://www.cec-icmc.org/cec-icmc-2013/

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METIS-308278
IR-93766

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Wu, Y., Vermeer, C. H., Holland, H. J., Doornink, J., Benthem, B., Boom, E., & ter Brake, H. J. M. (2014). Sorption-based vibration-free cooler for the METIS instrument on E-ELT. In J. G. Weisend II (Ed.), Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the International Cryogenic Materials Conference, CEC : Anchorage, Alaska, USA ; 17-21 June 2013 (pp. 17-21). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1573). American Institute of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4860694

Wu, Y. ; Vermeer, C.H. ; Holland, H.J. et al. / Sorption-based vibration-free cooler for the METIS instrument on E-ELT. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the International Cryogenic Materials Conference, CEC : Anchorage, Alaska, USA ; 17-21 June 2013 . editor / J.G. Weisend II. Anchorage, Alaska : American Institute of Physics, 2014. pp. 17-21 (AIP Conference Proceedings).

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Wu, Y, Vermeer, CH , Holland, HJ, Doornink, J, Benthem, B, Boom, E & ter Brake, HJM 2014, Sorption-based vibration-free cooler for the METIS instrument on E-ELT. in JG Weisend II (ed.), Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the International Cryogenic Materials Conference, CEC : Anchorage, Alaska, USA ; 17-21 June 2013 . AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1573, American Institute of Physics, Anchorage, Alaska, pp. 17-21, 2013 Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference, CEC/ICMC 2013, Anchorage, Alaska, United States, 17/06/13. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4860694

Sorption-based vibration-free cooler for the METIS instrument on E-ELT. / Wu, Y.; Vermeer, C.H.; Holland, H.J. et al.
Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the International Cryogenic Materials Conference, CEC : Anchorage, Alaska, USA ; 17-21 June 2013 . ed. / J.G. Weisend II. Anchorage, Alaska: American Institute of Physics, 2014. p. 17-21 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1573).

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Wu Y, Vermeer CH , Holland HJ, Doornink J, Benthem B, Boom E et al. Sorption-based vibration-free cooler for the METIS instrument on E-ELT. In Weisend II JG, editor, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the International Cryogenic Materials Conference, CEC : Anchorage, Alaska, USA ; 17-21 June 2013 . Anchorage, Alaska: American Institute of Physics. 2014. p. 17-21. (AIP Conference Proceedings). doi: 10.1063/1.4860694

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