A Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler （PTC） with precooling was designed and manufactured to investigate its performance at 4 K. Numerical simulation was carried out based on the well-known regenerator model REGEN w...A Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler （PTC） with precooling was designed and manufactured to investigate its performance at 4 K. Numerical simulation was carried out based on the well-known regenerator model REGEN with an emphasis on the performance of a 4 K stage regenerator of the Stifling-type PTC as influenced by the warm end temperature, pressure ratio, frequency and average pressure with helium-4 and helium-3 as the working fluid respectively. This study demonstrates that the use of a cold inertance tube can significantly improve the efficiency of a 4 K Stirling-type PTC. A preliminary experimental investigation was carried out with helium-4 as the working fluid and a refrigeration temperature of 4.23 K was achieved. The experimental results show that the operating frequency has a significant influence on the performance of the Stirling-type PTC and a relatively low average pressure is favorable for decreasing the loss associated with the real gas effects of a 4 K Stirling-type PTC.展开更多
Stirling-type pulse tube cryocoolers(SPTCs)working at liquid-helium temperatures are appealing in space applications because of their promising advantages such as high reliability,compactness,etc.Worldwide efforts hav...Stirling-type pulse tube cryocoolers(SPTCs)working at liquid-helium temperatures are appealing in space applications because of their promising advantages such as high reliability,compactness,etc.Worldwide efforts have been put in to develop SPTCs operating at liquid-helium temperatures especially with helium-4 as the working fluid.Staged structure is essential to reach such low temperatures.Generally,both the regenerator of the last section and the pulse tube together with the phase shifter are precooled by its upper stage or by external cold source to a low temperature of around 20 K.However,the precooling effects on the regenerator and the pulse tube are synthetic in previous studies,and their independent effects have not been studied clearly.In this manuscript,the precooling effects on the regenerator and on the pulse tube together with the phase shifter are tested independently on a unique-designed precooled SPTC.The tested precooling temperature is between 13.3 K and 22 K,and the no-load refrigeration temperature gets down to 3.6 K.Further analyses and numerical calculations have been carried out.It is found that the influence on the regenerator is remarkable,which is different from previous conclusions.It is also found that the precooling effects on the pulse tube are relatively weak because of the large pressure-induced enthalpy flow of a real gas working at the temperatures near to the critical point.Furthermore,the phase shifting capacity is analyzed with two cases and with both helium-4 and helium-3 as working fluids,and it keeps quite constant after optimizing the frequency and the precooling temperature for each case.The investigation on these independent effects will provide valid reference on the precooling mechanism study of SPTCs working down to liquid-helium temperatures.展开更多
This paper establishes a theoretical model of the single-compressor-driven (SCD) three-stage Stirlingtype pulse tube cryocooler (SPTC) and conducts experimental verifications. The main differences between the SCD type...This paper establishes a theoretical model of the single-compressor-driven (SCD) three-stage Stirlingtype pulse tube cryocooler (SPTC) and conducts experimental verifications. The main differences between the SCD type and the multi-compressor-driven (MCD) crycooler are analyzed, such as the distribution of the input acoustic power in each stage and the optimization of the operating parameters, in which both advantages and difficulties of the former are stressed. The effects of the dynamic temperatures are considered to improve the accuracy of the simulation at very low temperatures, and a specific simulation example aiming at 10 K is given in which quantitative analyses are provided. A SCD threestage SPTC is developed based on the theoretical analyses and with a total input acoustic power of 371.58 W, which reaches a no-load temperature of 8.82 K and can simultaneously achieve the cooling capacities of 2.4 W at 70 K, 0.17 W at 25 K, and 0.05 W at 10 K. The performance of the SCD three-stage SPTC is slightly poorer than that of its MCD counterpart developed in the same laboratory, but the advantages of lightweight and compactness make the former more attractive to practical applications.展开更多
Gas-coupled Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler(SPTC) is currently the most compact and simplest configuration among all types of cryocoolers, but it is challenging to achieve a very low temperature. This paper invest...Gas-coupled Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler(SPTC) is currently the most compact and simplest configuration among all types of cryocoolers, but it is challenging to achieve a very low temperature. This paper investigates a gas-coupled SPTC which is capable of directly achieving a temperature of around 4 K. Theoretical analyses were performed based on SAGE to study the effects of employing one or more multi-bypass structures on apparent cooling performance, and internal working parameters. The simulation results indicate that the function of the multi-bypass is similar to that of a multi-stage gas-coupled structure, producing a pre-cooling effect on the lower-temperature section by increasing the acoustic power and the enthalpy flow in the pulse tube of the higher-temperature section. The cooperation of two multi-bypass structures can promote a higher enhancement of the cooling performance, but it is difficult to achieve the same cooling performance of a completely multi-stage gas-coupled SPTC due to weak phase-shifting capability and excessive reduction of the mass flow. Based on the model, the developed prototype has achieved a no-load temperature of 4.4 K, which shows the great potential of using a gas-coupled SPTC to obtain a cooling temperature below 4 K.展开更多
基金Project (No. 50676081) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘A Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler （PTC） with precooling was designed and manufactured to investigate its performance at 4 K. Numerical simulation was carried out based on the well-known regenerator model REGEN with an emphasis on the performance of a 4 K stage regenerator of the Stifling-type PTC as influenced by the warm end temperature, pressure ratio, frequency and average pressure with helium-4 and helium-3 as the working fluid respectively. This study demonstrates that the use of a cold inertance tube can significantly improve the efficiency of a 4 K Stirling-type PTC. A preliminary experimental investigation was carried out with helium-4 as the working fluid and a refrigeration temperature of 4.23 K was achieved. The experimental results show that the operating frequency has a significant influence on the performance of the Stirling-type PTC and a relatively low average pressure is favorable for decreasing the loss associated with the real gas effects of a 4 K Stirling-type PTC.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51506152)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (inter-disciplinary program) under the contract No.kx0080020173427
文摘Stirling-type pulse tube cryocoolers(SPTCs)working at liquid-helium temperatures are appealing in space applications because of their promising advantages such as high reliability,compactness,etc.Worldwide efforts have been put in to develop SPTCs operating at liquid-helium temperatures especially with helium-4 as the working fluid.Staged structure is essential to reach such low temperatures.Generally,both the regenerator of the last section and the pulse tube together with the phase shifter are precooled by its upper stage or by external cold source to a low temperature of around 20 K.However,the precooling effects on the regenerator and the pulse tube are synthetic in previous studies,and their independent effects have not been studied clearly.In this manuscript,the precooling effects on the regenerator and on the pulse tube together with the phase shifter are tested independently on a unique-designed precooled SPTC.The tested precooling temperature is between 13.3 K and 22 K,and the no-load refrigeration temperature gets down to 3.6 K.Further analyses and numerical calculations have been carried out.It is found that the influence on the regenerator is remarkable,which is different from previous conclusions.It is also found that the precooling effects on the pulse tube are relatively weak because of the large pressure-induced enthalpy flow of a real gas working at the temperatures near to the critical point.Furthermore,the phase shifting capacity is analyzed with two cases and with both helium-4 and helium-3 as working fluids,and it keeps quite constant after optimizing the frequency and the precooling temperature for each case.The investigation on these independent effects will provide valid reference on the precooling mechanism study of SPTCs working down to liquid-helium temperatures.
基金The work was financially supported by the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20162490005)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 18511110100).
文摘This paper establishes a theoretical model of the single-compressor-driven (SCD) three-stage Stirlingtype pulse tube cryocooler (SPTC) and conducts experimental verifications. The main differences between the SCD type and the multi-compressor-driven (MCD) crycooler are analyzed, such as the distribution of the input acoustic power in each stage and the optimization of the operating parameters, in which both advantages and difficulties of the former are stressed. The effects of the dynamic temperatures are considered to improve the accuracy of the simulation at very low temperatures, and a specific simulation example aiming at 10 K is given in which quantitative analyses are provided. A SCD threestage SPTC is developed based on the theoretical analyses and with a total input acoustic power of 371.58 W, which reaches a no-load temperature of 8.82 K and can simultaneously achieve the cooling capacities of 2.4 W at 70 K, 0.17 W at 25 K, and 0.05 W at 10 K. The performance of the SCD three-stage SPTC is slightly poorer than that of its MCD counterpart developed in the same laboratory, but the advantages of lightweight and compactness make the former more attractive to practical applications.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2018Y FB0504603)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U1831203)+2 种基金the Strategic Pilot Projects in Space Science of China(Grant No.XDA15010400)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.QYZDY-SSW-JSC028)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.2019030)。
文摘Gas-coupled Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler(SPTC) is currently the most compact and simplest configuration among all types of cryocoolers, but it is challenging to achieve a very low temperature. This paper investigates a gas-coupled SPTC which is capable of directly achieving a temperature of around 4 K. Theoretical analyses were performed based on SAGE to study the effects of employing one or more multi-bypass structures on apparent cooling performance, and internal working parameters. The simulation results indicate that the function of the multi-bypass is similar to that of a multi-stage gas-coupled structure, producing a pre-cooling effect on the lower-temperature section by increasing the acoustic power and the enthalpy flow in the pulse tube of the higher-temperature section. The cooperation of two multi-bypass structures can promote a higher enhancement of the cooling performance, but it is difficult to achieve the same cooling performance of a completely multi-stage gas-coupled SPTC due to weak phase-shifting capability and excessive reduction of the mass flow. Based on the model, the developed prototype has achieved a no-load temperature of 4.4 K, which shows the great potential of using a gas-coupled SPTC to obtain a cooling temperature below 4 K.
