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tube cryocooler
Guided by:
Prof. S. M. Mehta
Prepared by:
Vivek P. Sarvaiya
cryocoolers
What is cryocoolers?
long lifetime
reliable and maintenance free operation
minimum vibration and noise
Compactness
Lightweight
adequate refrigeration at specified temperature with low power input
Applications
Liquefaction of gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen,
Classification
Recuperative cryocoolers
Joule-Thomson
Bryton
Claude
Regenerative cryocoolers
Stirling
Pulse tube
Gifford-McMahon
Single-stage Stirling-PTR
Compressor
Regenerator
Reservoir
Pulse Tube
Orifice
AC
Compressor
Regenerator
Reservoir
Pulse Tube
Orifice
AC
the compressor.
Buffer: A reservoir having much more volume in compare
with the rest of the system.
Orifice: An inlet for the flow resistance.
Compressor: Creating a harmonic oscillation for the gas
inside the system.
replacement of displacer.
Least Vibration at the cold tip due Elimination of cold
moving parts.
Frequency
(Hz)
Lowest
temperature
1st
stage
2nd
stage
Powe
r
Input
Yang and
Thummes
U type
GasCoupled
20.6
35
72 K
20.02 K 200 W
Radebaugh
et al
U type
ThermallyCoupled
24.1
32.3
60 K
20 K
600 W
Chen et al
U type
ThermallyCoupled
12
32
93.3 K
14.2 K
400 W
Reservoir 1
Orifice 1
Aftercooler
Reservoir 2
Orifice 2
Reservoir 3
Orifice 3
Stage 1
Pulse-Tube 1
Reg. 1
Pulse-Tube 2
Pulse-Tube 3
Reg. 2
Reg. 3
30-100
K
15 k
4k
C.Wang,
Cryocooler 14
1st stage
2nd stage
3rd stage
Frequency (Hz)
40
30
30
1.0
1.0
170
60
37
11
4.9
15W@80K
1.4W@20K
60mW@6
Mean
(MPa)
PV Input
Pressure 2.0
Power 250
(W)
Bottom
Temperature (K)
Cooling power
Relative Carnot
16.5%
11.5%
K
4.9%
Required
None
8W@90K
4.5W@90
Precooling
K
1.2W@20
conclusion
subsequent stages.
Staging in pulse tube cryocoolers decreases the temperature
as stages increases
Cooling power keep on reducing as stages keep on increasing.
Thank you
Presented by
Vivek Sarvaiya