Design and optimization of a two-stage 28 K Joule–Thomson microcooler.
Author(s) : CAO H. S., MUDALIAR A. V., DERKING J. H., et al.
Type of article: Article
Summary
Micro Joule–Thomson (JT) coolers made from glass wafers have been investigated for many years at the University of Twente. After successful realization of a single-stage JT microcooler with a cooling capacity of about 10 mW at 100 K, a two-stage microcooler is being researched to attain a lower temperature of about 30 K. By maximizing the coefficient of performance (COP) of the two-stage microcooler, nitrogen is selected as the optimum working fluid for the first stage and hydrogen as that for the second stage. A dynamic finite-element model is developed for analyzing the cooler performance and to calculate the smallest cooler geometry. The optimized overall cooler dimensions are 20.4 × 85.8 × 0.72 mm for a net cooling power of 50 mW at 97 K at the first stage and 20 mW at 28 K at the second stage. The cool-down time to 28 K is calculated to be about 1.7 h with mass-flow rates of 14.0 mg/s for nitrogen and 0.94 mg/s for hydrogen at steady state. [Reprinted with permission from Elsevier. Copyright, 2011].
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- Original title: Design and optimization of a two-stage 28 K Joule–Thomson microcooler.
- Record ID : 30003636
- Languages: English
- Source: Cryogenics - vol. 52 - n. 1
- Publication date: 2012/01
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2011.11.003
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