Abstract
Stirling-type pulse tube refrigerators have attracted academic and commercial interest in recent years due to their more compact configuration and higher efficiency than those of G-M type pulse tube refrigerators. In order to achieve a no-load cooling temperature below 20 K, a thermally coupled two-stage Stirling-type pulse tube refrigerator has been built. The thermally coupled arrangement was expected to minimize the interference between the two stages and to simplify the adjustment and optimization of the phase shifters. A no-load cooling temperature of 14.97 K has been realized with the two-stage cooler driven by one linear compressor of 200 W electric input. When the two stages are driven by two compressors respectively, with total electric input of 400 W, the prototype has attained a no-load cooling temperature of 12.96 K, which is the lowest temperature ever reported with two-stage Stirling-type pulse tube refrigerators.
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Tang, K., Chen, G. & Thummes, G. 13 K thermally coupled two-stage Stirling-type pulse tube refrigerator. Chin.Sci.Bull. 50, 1814–1816 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1360/982005-750
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1360/982005-750