Articles | Volume 2, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/mr-2-49-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/mr-2-49-2021
Research article
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18 Feb 2021
Research article |  | 18 Feb 2021

Open-source, partially 3D-printed, high-pressure (50-bar) liquid-nitrogen-cooled parahydrogen generator

Frowin Ellermann, Andrey Pravdivtsev, and Jan-Bernd Hövener

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Para-hydrogen generator files F. Ellermann, A. Pravdivtsev, J.-B. Hövener https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13176830.v1

opensource-liquid-N2-based pH2 Generator, opensource-liquid-N2-based pH2 Generator F. Ellermann, A. Pravdivtsev, J.-B. Hövener https://gitlab.tardis.rad.uni-kiel.de/fellermann/opensource-liquid-n2-based-ph2-generator

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Short summary
Modern contrast agents for MRI lead to new methods for e.g. cancer diagnosis. One of these promising methods is called PHIP (parahydrogen-induced polarization) and can be performed at low instrumentation costs. However, it is based on parahydrogen which has to be produced on-site. Since commercial generators cost up to 150 000 Euro, we decided to provide the blueprints of our generator (< 3000 Euro) as open source to enable more groups to build their own generator and enter this research field.