From sth at info-igor.org Tue Sep 10 12:15:18 2019
From: sth at info-igor.org (Scott Hannahs)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:15:18 -0400


Subject: Helium!
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Yes, I participated in a workshop with the APS on the ?economics of helium? a couple of years ago trying to find ways to maintain the availability for research. Recycling is good for almost all materials, helium is even more non-renewable than most since if left in the atmosphere it evaporates into space.

To be clear we ?use? by flowing through magnets etc. 800,000 liters/year, we recover and recycle ~700,000 liters/year. I hope to reduce that loss but tracking down where it is being lots in a facility of 500 people is a bit of a problem. We are instrumenting the system a lot to try to find more low hanging fruit.

-Scott

> On Sep 9, 2019, at 12:19 PM, DiVerdi,Joseph <Joseph.DiVerdi at ColoState.EDU> wrote:
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> Recycling is a very important part of addressing our societal use of this precious resource. Kudos to you crazies at the (national) magnet lab! J
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