Joeviocoe wrote: What would you estimate as the consumption of helium for a large hospital MRI (per year)? And how much, in comparison, should a 5MW DPF consume?
That’s pretty hard to estimate, because the helium is retained essentially indefinitely. The primary coolants like helium, nitrogen, or Freon are kept in a closed system and only secondary coolants like water and air are released into the environment. Essentially, the helium shortage is caused by demand for new devices with helium cooling.
