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This paper describes the design, development, and testing of an integral Stirling cycle Joule Thomson Cryocooler (SJTC) carried out under a Phase II SBIR contract with NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. The project goal is development of a long life cryocooler system capable of providing cooling at 4.5 K.
The SJTC system consists of a two-stage free-piston Stirling cycle cooler which is employed as a pre-cooler for the closed cycle Joule Thomson (JT) gas circuit and a pair of linear drive gas compressors to provide high pressure gas for the JT expander. Power for the combined JT gas compressors and the Stirling cycle pre-cooler is derived from common linear drive motors. The SJTC system design details are presented and test results to date discussed.
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Penswick, L.B., Lewis, D.C. (1997). Design and Testing of a Combined Stirling-Cycle Joule-Thomson Cryocooler System. In: Ross, R.G. (eds) Cryocoolers 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5869-9_64
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