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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.10 Changing curve of cooler COP with varying frequencies at 50 W/170 K
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控制制冷机的制冷温度在170 K,热负载50 W,实验研究了制冷机COP随运行频率的变化,如图10所示。可以看到,运行频率为60 Hz时,制冷机的COP最高为0.218。而压缩机最优运行频率大于60 Hz,根据质量-弹簧谐振原理对压缩机的动子质量和板簧刚度进行了适当的调整,使压缩机的谐振频率与60 Hz的脉冲管冷指的最优频率保持一致,最终确定了制冷机的运行频率为60 Hz。
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