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The book reveals the changing dynamics of the helium industry on both the supply-side and the demand-side. The helium industry has a long-term future and this important gas will have a role to play for many decades to come. Major new users of helium are expected to enter the market, especially in nuclear energy (both fission and fusion). Prices and volumes supplied and expected to rise and this will prompt greater efforts towards the development of new helium sources and helium conservation and recycling.
List of contents
1. Introduction
Richard H. Clarke, William J. Nuttall and Bartek A. Glowacki 2. A history of the helium industry
Bo Sears 3. The US federal helium reserve
Joseph B. Peterson 4. Helium in Algeria: pioneering helium extraction from LNG
Benjamin Reinoehi 5. LNG: the global liquefied natural gas industry
Andrew Flower 6. Helium in Russia
Benjamin Hooker 7. India: haressing helium from the Earth's interior
Nisith K. Das, Rakesh K. Bhandari and Shri C. Mallik 8. Helium from the air: the backstop
Richard H. Clarke and Roger Clark 9. Helium demand: application, prices and substitution
Zhiming Cai, Richard H. Clarke and William J. Nuttall 10. The dynamics of the helium market
William J. Nuttall, Zhiming Cai, Bartek A. Glowacki, Nikolaos Kazantzis and Richard H. Clarke 11. Closed-cycle refrigeration: minimizing helium demand in cryogenic applications
Thomas W. Bradshaw and Trevor Miller 12. Medical imaging: why helium prevails
Adrian Thomas 13. Rising to the challenges of constrained helium supply in cryogenic systems for the research market
John W. Burgoyne and Michael N. Cuthbert 14. Helium and nuclear fission energy
Richard Stainsby 15. Helium and fusion energy
Richard H. Clarke and Zhiming Cai 16. Substituting hydrogen for helium in cryogenic applications
Bartek A. Glowacki 17. Is there a helium problem? Ways forward
Ralph Scurlock and Art Francis 18. The future of helium: policy, molecules and machines
William J. Nuttall, Richard H. Clarke and Bartek A. Glowacki
About the author
William J. Nuttall is University Senior Lecturer in Technology Policy at the Judge Business School, at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Richard Clarke is a Cryogenic Process and Helium Specialist at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, a UK-based research organisation developing fusion as a sustainable, long term energy source.
Bartek A. Glowacki is Reader in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK.
