This handbook covers all aspect of cryogenics and cryogenic engineering from fundamental science to technology and all major applications. Standalone chapters, written by globally-recognized experts, provide accessible reviews replete with valuable data, equations and figures to elucidate each topic. Carefully edited to ensure uniform coverage and style and with extensive cross references, it is both an indispensable reference and an inspiration for graduate students, scientists, engineers, and professionals in cryogenics. It is also an ideal guide for researchers who wish to apply cryogenics to their primary field of interest, whether that be biology, chemistry, medicine, energy, or physics. The coverage ranges from fundamentals of thermodynamics, basic properties of cryogenic fluids and materials, and cryogenic safety in Part 1, through to technology and implementation of all key cryogenic systems in Part 2. Subsequently, Part 3 covers cryogenic applications at the forefront of current science, including accelerators, plasma fusion, space science and exploration, quantum computing, medicine, cryogenic fuels, and superconducting components.

John Weisend is a Senior Scientist at the European Spallation Source in Lund, Sweden.  He received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he investigated engineering applications of He II. He has worked at the SSC Laboratory, the Centre D’Etudes Nucleaires Grenoble, the Deutsches Elecktronen-Synchrotron Laboratory (DESY), the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), the National Science Foundation and Michigan State University.

 

Dr. Weisend’s research interests include He II, cryogenic safety, large scale accelerator cryogenics and international scientific collaborations. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cryogenic Society of America (CSA) He has led the CSA Short Course Program since 2001.  He is the Chair of the International Cryogenic Engineering Conference Committee and a Fellow of the Cryogenic Society of America. In addition to co-authoring more than 80 technical papers, Dr. Weisend is the author of He is for Helium, the co-author (with N. Filina) of Cryogenic Two-Phase Flow, the co-author (with T. Peterson) of Cryogenic Safety, coauthor (with G.T. Meaden) of Going for Cold: A Biography of a Great Physicist, K. Mendelssohn and the editor of the Handbook of Cryogenic Engineering and of Cryostat Design. He writes a regular column “Cryo Bios” for the publication Cold Facts.