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Test Results of an Orifice Pulse Tube Refrigerator

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Advances in Cryogenic Engineering

Part of the book series: Advances in Cryogenic Engineering ((ACRE,volume 37))

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An orifice pulse tube refrigerator has been designed, fabricated and tested. An hydraulically actuated diaphragm compressor, which allows direct determination of compressor PV work, dynamic pressure amplitudes and phase shifts, is used to drive the refrigerator. Test results are presented and compared to analytic predictions and design specifications. Sources of potential performance improvement are identified and future testing goals are discussed.

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  1. Astronautics Technology Center, Astronautics Corporation of America, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Stephen F. Kral, Dallas Hill, Jon Restivo & Joseph Johnson

  2. Mechanical Technology, Inc., Latham, New York, USA

    Peter Curwen, Warren Waldron & Howard Jones

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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA

    R. W. Fast

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Kral, S.F. et al. (1992). Test Results of an Orifice Pulse Tube Refrigerator. In: Fast, R.W. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 37. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3368-9_21

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