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In an earlier paper, a new refrigeration cycle was described by Gifford and McMahon [1,2]. Since this first paper, several other papers have described performance, improvements, and embodiments of this thermodynamic cycle [3–5]. Several papers point out that the Gifford-McMahon cycle is particularly inefficient when compared to the other cycles [6,7]. This has not, hitherto, been commented on critically.
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Stuart, R.W., Hogan, W.H., Rogers, A.D. (1967). Performance of a 4°K Refrigerator. In: Timmerhaus, K.D. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0489-1_58
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