Modular cooling farm for cryogenic application

A system comprising:

• a cryostat having a cryostat body, a cold plate and a second cold plate within the cryostat body, and primary cooling feed line and an auxiliary cooling feed line extending into the cryostat,
• wherein the primary cooling feed line is both physically coupled and thermally coupled to the cold plate within the cryostat body by a heat exchanger, and
• wherein the auxiliary cooling feed line is both physically coupled and thermally coupled to the second cold plate;
• a bulk cooling system employing a first liquifiable gas to provide cooling;
• a main cooling feed line fluidly coupled to the bulk cooling system and to the primary cooling feedline,
• wherein one or more pumps providing the liquifiable gas to and from the bulk cooling system are decoupled from and spaced apart from the cryostat body;
• a second bulk cooling system employing a second liquifiable gas to provide cooling;
• and
• a second main cooling feed line fluidly coupled to the second bulk cooling system and to the auxiliary cooling feed line,
• wherein one or more pumps providing the second liquifiable gas to and from the second bulk cooling system are decoupled from and spaced apart from the cryostat body,
• wherein the first liquifiable gas comprises an atomic element not comprised by the second liquifiable gas, and
• wherein each of the first liquifiable gas and the second liquifiable gas are employed during a common cooling cycle to cool the cryostat.

A method for operating a cryostat, the method comprising:

• pumping, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a gas from a bulk cooling system, through a cooling feed line entering a cryostat, thereby providing cooling to the cryostat;
• cooling, by the system, the cooling plate within the cryostat by the gas flowing from the bulk cooling system, wherein the cooling feed line is thermally coupled to the cooling plate,
• wherein one or more pumps providing the gas to and from the bulk cooling system are spaced apart from and decoupled from the cryostat body;
• and
• cooling, by the system, the cooling plate or a second cooling plate disposed within the cryostat by a second gas flowing from the bulk cooling system or from a second bulk cooling system,
• wherein the first gas comprises an atomic element not comprised by the second gas, and
• wherein each of the first gas and the second gas are employed during a common cooling cycle to cool the cryostat.