A magnetically driven piston pump for ultra-clean applications

F. LePort, R. Neilson, P. S. Barbeau, K. Barry, L. Bartoszek, I. Counts, J. Davis, R. Devoe, M. J. Dolinski, G. Gratta, M. Green, M. Montero Dez, A. R. Mller, K. O'Sullivan, A. Rivas, K. Twelker, B. Aharmim, M. Auger, V. Belov, C. Benitez-MedinaM. Breidenbach, A. Burenkov, B. Cleveland, R. Conley, J. Cook, S. Cook, W. Craddock, T. Daniels, M. Dixit, A. Dobi, K. Donato, W. Fairbank, J. Farine, P. Fierlinger, D. Franco, G. Giroux, R. Gornea, K. Graham, C. Green, C. Hgemann, C. Hall, K. Hall, D. Hallman, C. Hargrove, S. Herrin, M. Hughes, J. Hodgson, F. Juget, L. J. Kaufman, A. Karelin, J. Ku, A. Kuchenkov, K. Kumar, D. S. Leonard, G. Lutter, D. MacKay, R. MacLellan, M. Marino, B. Mong, P. Morgan, A. Odian, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, C. Y. Prescott, K. Pushkin, E. Rollin, P. C. Rowson, B. Schmoll, D. Sinclair, K. Skarpaas, S. Slutsky, V. Stekhanov, V. Strickland, M. Swift, J. L. Vuilleumier, J. M. Vuilleumier, U. Wichoski, J. Wodin, L. Yang, Y. R. Yen

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Abstract

A magnetically driven piston pump for xenon gas recirculation is presented. The pump is designed to satisfy extreme purity and containment requirements, as is appropriate for the recirculation of isotopically enriched xenon through the purification system and large liquid xenon time projection chamber of EXO-200. The pump, using sprung polymer gaskets, is capable of pumping more than 16 standard liters per minute of xenon gas with 750 Torr differential pressure.

Original languageEnglish
Article number105114
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume82
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2011

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank K. Merkle and J. Kirk (Stanford) for the careful machining of parts and Professor D. DeBra (Stanford) for the suggestion of using UHMWPE gaskets. EXO is supported by U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and National Science Foundation (NSF) in the United States, NSERC in Canada, FNS in Switzerland, and MSE and Russian Federation for Basic Research (RFBR) (N 10-02-00484) in Russia.

Funding

We thank K. Merkle and J. Kirk (Stanford) for the careful machining of parts and Professor D. DeBra (Stanford) for the suggestion of using UHMWPE gaskets. EXO is supported by U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and National Science Foundation (NSF) in the United States, NSERC in Canada, FNS in Switzerland, and MSE and Russian Federation for Basic Research (RFBR) (N 10-02-00484) in Russia.

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program
U.S. Department of Energy EPSCoR
David O. McKay School of Education, Brigham Young University
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Russian Foundation for Basic ResearchN 10-02-00484
Russian Foundation for Basic Research

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Instrumentation

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