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Experimental investigation of a Stirling cycle cooled domestic refrigerator.

Author(s) : OGUZ E., OZKADI F.

Summary

A free piston Stirling cooler was integrated into a domestic refrigerator cabinet. A closed loop thermosyphon system was constructed by connecting a heat exchanger, which was placed on the cold head of the Stirling cooler, directly to another heat exchanger placed in the cabinet as evaporator. On the other hand, since effective heat transfer is needed on the warm head to obtain efficient operating conditions, an extended surface aluminium heat exchanger was placed on the warm head of the cooler and a fan was used to obtain forced convection heat transfer. The prototype refrigerating unit was tested in various conditions. The temperatures of the key points on the cold side thermosyphon, the temperatures of the shelves of the cabinet and the input power of the Stirling cooler were recorded.

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  • Original title: Experimental investigation of a Stirling cycle cooled domestic refrigerator.
  • Record ID : 2003-1303
  • Languages: English
  • Source: 2002 Purdue conferences. 2002 compressor engineering & refrigeration and air conditioning conferences at Purdue [CD-ROM].
  • Publication date: 2002/07/16
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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