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Optimization design and experimental properties of high-temperature and high-capacity pulse tube cooler
Weifeng DENG, Zhenhua JIANG, Shaoshuai LIU, Ankuo ZHANG, Yinong WU
CIESC Journal    2019, 70 (1): 107-115.   DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20180307
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A high-capacity pulse tube cooler (PTC) with nominal cooling of 50 W/170 K is presented in this paper. It is driven by an opposed-piston dynamic magnetic linear compressor. The regenerator and pulse tube are arranged in coaxial. The inertance tube and reservoir are used as passive phase shifter of the PTC. Based on the principle of electrical-mechanical-acoustic coupling field, a dynamic model of the PTC is proposed and transient simulation was conducted on the characteristics of the compressor under load. The mass-spring system of the compressor is improved to make the PTC resonant. The mass of the PTC is less than 12 kg without electric control equipment. A performance of 50 W/170 K is achieved with 230 W electrical power while the motor efficiency and related Carnot efficiency are 92.7% and 16.5% respectively. The specific power (electrical power/cooling power) is less than 5 W/W at the temperature range of 150—200 K. Under the rated input power, the maximum cooling power reaches 90 W@200 K. The PTC can be used for space to cool down giant Infrared Focal Plane Array (IRFPA) and provide an alternative to domestic refrigerator as cold source at the temperature range of -60—-20℃ as well.


Fig.9 Changing curve of piston displacement with varying frequencies under load
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图8和图9分别为运行频率30~80 Hz范围内压缩机在50 W/170 K和30 W/150 K制冷性能下电流和活塞行程的变化曲线,可以看到,50 W/170 K下,压缩机运行在68 Hz时,电流最小;71 Hz时,活塞行程最大。当频率偏离68~71 Hz范围时,电流增大,活塞行程减小,而动态仿真模拟得到的压缩机电流最小和活塞行程最大对应的频率比实验结果偏低,且30 W/150 K制冷性能下具有类似的规律,这是因为联合仿真中对活塞表面的气体力进行了负载线性化处理,而与制冷机实际阻抗存在一定的偏差,但是从模拟值和实验值的曲线对比可以看出,两者的吻合度仍然较好,相对误差在5%以内,因此该热动力联合仿真平台对制冷机整机的工程研发仍具有一定的指导意义。
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