Carbon footprint of helium recovery systems
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چکیده
Helium is a finite global resource, which becoming vitally important to recover and reuse as it continually diminishes. The helium recovery process uses plant machinery that can consume significant amounts of power generate large carbon footprint. Many organizations around the world are actively trying reduce their footprint and, therefore, lessen impact operations on climate. Here we have assessed CO2 produced per litre liquid helium, when processed by ISIS system, compared with estimated supplied gas companies. comparison clearly demonstrates from system significantly smaller than
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Low Temperature Physics
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1063-777X', '1090-6517']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0020164