Open AccessTHE HRT REFRIGERATING SYSTEM
Author(s) -
M. D. Silverman
Publication year - 1957
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4094627
Subject(s) - freon , refrigerant , van de graaff generator , refrigeration , chemistry , corrosion , materials science , environmental science , nuclear chemistry , metallurgy , thermodynamics , engineering , organic chemistry , physics , gas compressor , beam (structure) , civil engineering
The HRT refrigeration system was designed to use Freon-11 (CCI3F) as the refrigerant material in the secondary loop. A Van de Graaff irradiation of this material indicated that serious corrosion problems were probable if Freon were used in the proposed metal system. A survey was made of candidate refrigerants, and Amsco 125-82 and triethyl phosphate were selected for irradiation and physical-property determinations. (W.L.H.