Title:
A Three-Stage Stirling Pulse Tube Cryocooler Approaching 4 K

dc.contributor.author Cao, Q. en_US
dc.contributor.author Qiu, Limin en_US
dc.contributor.author Gan, Zhihua en_US
dc.contributor.author Yu, Y. B. en_US
dc.contributor.author Zhi, X. Q. en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Zhejiang University. Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2011-04-28T18:57:31Z
dc.date.available 2011-04-28T18:57:31Z
dc.date.issued 2008-05
dc.description Presented at the 16th International Cryocooler Conference, held May 17-20, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. en_US
dc.description.abstract It is a great challenge for a Stirling Pulse tube cryocooler (PTC) to reach liquid-helium temperature, where there are promising applications such as superconducting digital electronics, midinfrared instrument, heterodyne detectors. Lockheed Martin first achieved a temperature below 4 K with a four-stage configuration with He-3 as working fluid. A single-stage Stirling PTC precooled by a self-made two-stage GM-type PTC has been constructed and tested to explore the loss mechanism of 4 K PTC working at high frequency at Zhejiang University. Temperature as low as 4.2 K has been successfully obtained with He-4 as working fluid by the end of 2008. In this paper, we report a newly-designed three-stage PTC, which aims to reach 4 K. The 4 K cooler is a thermalcoupled type, whose mass flows are easier t ocontrol and whose energy flows are more readily monitored. It will be working with He-4 instead of He-3. The first and second stages have been finished. A bottom temperature of 35 K and 9 W at 77 K with 300 We input has been achieved in the first stage. The bottom temperature of second stage is as low as 20.6 K, and the cooling power is measured as 1.0 W at 28.6 K. The test results are in good agreement with the model for both stages. The first and second stage is designed to couple with the a stage, which is expected to reach below 5.0 K at 30 Hz. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-934021-02-6
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/38743
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.publisher.original ICC Press en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Cryocoolers 16. Cryocoolers for 1-30 K aerospace applications en_US
dc.subject Cryocoolers for 1-30 k aerospace applications en_US
dc.subject Three stage pulse tube cryocooler en_US
dc.subject Liquid helium temperature en_US
dc.title A Three-Stage Stirling Pulse Tube Cryocooler Approaching 4 K en_US
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dc.type.genre Proceedings
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local.contributor.corporatename Cryo Lab
local.relation.ispartofseries International Cryocooler Conference
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