Large Hadron Collider detector cooling with R744 refrigeration technology (CoolCERN)

Research project

Large Hadron Collider detector cooling with R744 refrigeration technology (CoolCERN)

Our goal is to develop and evaluate the possible use of R744 as the primary cooling system serving the next generation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) detectors at CERN.

Research activity

Project timeline

Project timeline

2019-2023

Publications

Publications

Barroca, Pierre, Armin Hafner, Bart Verlaat, Paolo Petagna, Wojciech Hulek, Lukasz Zwalinski, Pierre Hanf, Michele Battistin, Loic Davoine, and Daniella Teixeira. 2021. "An Ultra-Low Temperature Transcritical R744 Refrigeration System for Future Detectors at CERN LHCApplied Sciences 11, no. 16: 7399. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11167399