22–26 Jul 2024
CICG - GENEVA, Switzerland
Europe/Zurich timezone

Optimizing of regenerator materials for a high-frequency pulse tube cryocooler working below 3 K

23 Jul 2024, 14:00
2h
Poster area

Poster area

Poster Presentation (120m) ICEC 02: Cryocoolers, magnetic coolers and other coolers Tue-Po-1.2

Speaker

Biao Yang (Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Description

Limited by insufficient cold storage capacity of regenerator materials, especially operating below 10 K, it is challenging for a high-frequency pulse tube cryocooler to obtain a low temperature down to liquid helium temperature. In this study, the influence of different regenerator materials on the refrigeration performance of a high-frequency regenerator working in the liquid-hydrogen to liquid-helium temperature ranges was investigated primarily by detailed numerical simulation. Besides, the design and optimization direction of the low-temperature regenerator was outlined. Based on simulation results, a three-stage high-frequency pulse tube cryocooler with composite thermal-coupled and gas-coupled refrigeration process was designed, built, and tested. Using 4He as the working gas, a no-load temperature below 3 K was experimentally obtained, and a cooling power of around 20 mW at 4 K can be provided.

Submitters Country CHINA

Authors

Biao Yang (Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Zhaozhao Gao Liubiao Chen Junjie Wang (Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

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