Dear <<First Name>>
You could say Cryogenics went Higher Tech and Lower Carbon last month.
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101 Delegates registered for Cluster Day on September 10 – made possible by the support of Lisa Waters and the Institute of Refrigeration. Our first Virtual Cluster Day, it was the 10th in the series, and also marked our First Scottish Cryogenic Cluster Day. (It was meant to be held in the Higgs Building in Edinburgh, pictured above.)
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The speakers – Quan Li from Edinburgh, Min Zhang from Strathclyde and Robert Hadfield from Glasgow – gave excellent talks and insights into their work in Cryogenics, in Superconducting Power Applications and Superconducting Single Photon Detectors for Quantum Imaging application. Recordings of the talks are available at here. They gave an insight to the range of very exciting work being carried out in Scotland – making the idea of further Cryogenic Cluster Days in Scotland appealing. Robert Hadfield left a Challenge for the Cryogenic Community – to shrink down Size, Weight and Power (“SWaP”) and becoming less “bespoke.” One thing was just like a “normal” Cluster Day, with players in the supply chain making contact with potential customers in the Cryogenic Community – laser cutting specialist Tannlin Technology in Ayrshire being an example.
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Then the International Cryogenic Engineering Conference Board met on October 8 via Microsoft Teams, bring 20 participants together from 11 countries across 13 time zones, from China to Russia to USA. The dates for the next ICEC(28) Conference in Hangzhou were provisionally agreed as April 25-29 2024. Pascale Dauguet from Air Liquide was also welcomed as Secretary to the ICEC Board for the next four years. And a lot of Carbon was saved with this meeting !
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We need to end the introduction to this edition of B Cryo on a different note. Those who knew Paul McDonald will be particularly saddened to know of his recent death. Paul was a lovely man who worked at one time at Oxford Instruments, latterly at the Institute of Cryogenics in Southampton University. He made a strong contribution in British Cryogenics. Quiet and unassuming, he had a sparkling wit and intellect, and is indeed missed. Our condolences to his wife Di and their family.
Brought to you by the B Cryo Team
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Member News
Air Liquide acquired 80% of Cryoconcept, placing them firmly in the Quantum Computing supply chain with dilution refrigerators.
Tamo has pulled together information on their product lines with a topical Hydrogen Focus.
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Liquid Hydrogen
The Mercedes Benz GenH2 25 tonne payload truck will be powered by liquid hydrogen.
And so will the Airbus ZEROe Concept Commercial Aircraft for 2035 (when COVID will be over ?)
Chart meanwhile expands its presence in Hydrogen in a deal with Plug Power (users of 40 tons/day !)
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Quantum
IBM make computers right ? But if they need a bigger dilution fridge to meet their Quantum Computing ambitions than they can find anywhere else, maybe they’ll make their own ?
SeeQC, a spinout of superconductor electronics firm Hypres in Upstate New York, but with an office in England, has raised $22m to help advance their quantum technology. They are very experienced in superconducting circuits and own the former Hypres chip foundry.
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Events
The BCC News & Events page is a good place to go if you want to check out what’s happening.
Meanwhile it's all revving up for the ICC21 Cryocooler Conference in 2 months time ... 4 days with the latest on Coolers. No cocktail receptions (unless you bring your own) but big savings on CO2 !
ICEC 28 will now be in Hangzhou in 2022, and there is a provisional date for ICEC 29 in Geneva (July 22-26 2024) then Korea in 2026.
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