A pulse tube cryocooler with a cold reservoir.
Author(s) : ZHANG X. B., ZHANG K. H., QIU L. M., et al.
Type of article: Article
Summary
Phase difference between pressure wave and mass flow is decisive to the cooling capacity of regenerative cryocoolers. Unlike the direct phase shifting using a piston or displacer in conventional Stirling or GM cryocoolers, the pulse tube cyocooler (PTC) indirectly adjusts the cold phase due to the absence of moving parts at the cold end. The present paper proposed and validated theoretically and experimentally a novel configuration of PTC, termed cold reservoir PTC, in which a reservoir together with an adjustable orifice is connected to the cold end of the pulse tube. The impedance from the additional orifice to the cold end helps to increase the mass flow in phase with the pressure wave at the cold end. Theoretical analyses with the linear model for the orifice and double-inlet PTCs indicate that the cooling performance can be improved by introducing the cold reservoir. The preliminary experiments with a home-made single-stage GM PTC further validated the results on the premise of minor opening of the cold-end orifice.
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- Original title: A pulse tube cryocooler with a cold reservoir.
- Record ID : 30007942
- Languages: English
- Source: Cryogenics - vol. 54
- Publication date: 2013/02
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2012.12.001
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- Themes: Small-scale cryogenic applications, cryocoolers
- Keywords: Pulse tube; Tank; Regeneration; Model; Expérimentation; Cryocooler
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