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TY - CONF AU - Prieto, M. AU - Casas, J.J. AU - Colldelram, C. AU - Nikitin, Y. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Tavakoli, Keihan ED - Tilmont, Manuel TI - ALBA Synchrotron Light Source Liquefaction Helium Plant J2 - Proc. of MEDSI2018, Paris, France, 25-29 June 2018 C1 - Paris, France T2 - Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation T3 - 10 LA - english AB - ALBA is a 3rd generation Synchrotron Light facility with: 8 operational Beam Lines (BLs), a 2nd BL of Phase II under construction and 3 first Phase III BLs in design phase. Some user experiments require Liquid Helium (LHe) as a coolant. The resulting LHe consumption at ALBA is about 650 l/week. Thus far the vaporized helium, which results from the refrigeration of experiments and equipment, has been released into the atmosphere without being reused. Due to the increasing price of LHe, ALBA agreed with ICN2 (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology) to invest in a Liquefaction Helium Plant. Internal staff has carried out the project, installation and pressure equipment legalization of the plant, which is located in a new 80 m2 construction. Under operation the plant allows recycling up to 24960 litres of LHe per year, which is an 80% of the helium consumed at ALBA, by making the gaseous helium undergo through 3 main stages: recovery, purification and liquefaction. The plant, unique in Catalonia, will entail cost savings about 77% and will reduce vulnerability to supply disruptions. ICN2 will benefit from a part of the production due to their initial investment. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 102 EP - 104 KW - operation KW - synchrotron KW - experiment KW - MMI KW - ECR DA - 2018/12 PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-95450-207-3 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-MEDSI2018-TUPH30 UR - http://jacow.org/medsi2018/papers/tuph30.pdf ER -