| Title |
An Experimental Study on Performance of the Inertance Pulse Tube Refrigerator using a Small Compressor |
| Keywords |
Pulse tube ; 맥동관 ; Inertance tube ; 관성관 ; Dead volume ; 불용체적 ; Operating frequency ; 운전 주파수 ; Charging pressure ; 충전압력 ; Regenerator mesh ; 재생기 망 |
| Abstract |
This paper describes an experimental study on the inertance pulse tube refrigerator using a small compressor. The purpose of this experimental study is to identify the performance of the inertance pulse tube refrigerator for various operating conditions and to obtain the optimum configuration. The dead volume effect is verified by two experimental apparatuses with different dead volumes between the compressor and the aftercooler. The refrigerator of the smaller dead volume shows better performance. The influence of operating frequency and charging pressure on the performance of the refrigerator is experimentally investigated. Reducing the regenerator mesh size improves the performance of the refrigerator. Finally, the inertance pulse tube refrigerator has maximum cooling capacity at the specific combination of the pulse tube length and the inertance tube length. The loss analysis is used to analyze and predict the optimum condition of the pulse tube refrigerator. |