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2019 , Vol. 13 >Issue 3: 450 - 463

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-018-0569-8

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Theoretical modeling and experimental verifications of the single-compressor-driven three-stage Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler

  • Haizheng DANG , 1 ,
  • Dingli BAO 2 ,
  • Zhiqian GAO 3 ,
  • Tao ZHANG 2 ,
  • Jun TAN 1 ,
  • Rui ZHA 2 ,
  • Jiaqi LI 2 ,
  • Ning LI 1 ,
  • Yongjiang ZHAO 2 ,
  • Bangjian ZHAO 2
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3. Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Technology, Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Hefei 230601, China

Received date: 10 Feb 2018

Accepted date: 16 Apr 2018

Published date: 15 Sep 2019

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2018 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature
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Abstract

This paper establishes a theoretical model of the single-compressor-driven (SCD) three-stage Stirling-type 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 three-stage 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.

Key words： single-compressor-driven; three-stage; Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler; theoretical modeling; experimental verification

Cite this article

Haizheng DANG , Dingli BAO , Zhiqian GAO , Tao ZHANG , Jun TAN , Rui ZHA , Jiaqi LI , Ning LI , Yongjiang ZHAO , Bangjian ZHAO . Theoretical modeling and experimental verifications of the single-compressor-driven three-stage Stirling-type pulse tube cryocooler[J]. Frontiers in Energy, 2019 , 13(3) : 450 -463 . DOI: 10.1007/s11708-018-0569-8

Acknowledgments

The work was financially supported by the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20162490005), and the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 18511110100).

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