Helium recovery system at ISIS neutron spallation and muon source

Issue title: International Workshop for Sample Environment at Scattering Facilities Gettysburg, PA, USA, September 19–22, 2016

Guest editors: Yamali Hernandez, Paolo Imperia and Eddy Lelièvre-Berna

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Down, Richard

Affiliations: RAL, STFC, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, OXON, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Global shortages and cost increases in the Helium industry have initiated a project funded by STFC management to start a Helium recovery project on the ISIS facility. Having an in-house recovery plant will allow significant cost savings to be made by the liquefaction of recovered boil off of helium liquid used in the experimental operations on the facility and the resupply of the liquid. We also envisage resupply of clean Helium back to the facility as high pressure gas. Here we are going to describe our approach to Helium Recovery project at different stages. We start from feasibility study which was followed by the conceptual design review and producing of technical specification of the project. This stage was followed by assembling, testing and commissioning of Helium Recovery system. We also present a few important technical solutions related to hardware and software used in the project

Keywords: Helium Recovery, ISIS facility

DOI: 10.3233/JNR-170048

Journal: Journal of Neutron Research, vol. 19, no. 1-2, pp. 5-14, 2017