7–11 Jul 2014
Europe/Amsterdam timezone

Investigation on a High-Power Stirling Cryocooler working at 77 K

9 Jul 2014, 14:15
1h 45m
Poster presentation (105min) C-02: Cryocoolers- Pulse tube, Stirling, Magnetic and other coolers Wed-Af-Posters Session 2.2

Speaker

Ms Ya XU (Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University)

Description

Stirling cryocoolers are promising in high temperature superconductivity application and small scale gas liquefaction, due to their high efficiency, wide operating temperature range and fast cool-down process. A high-power Stirling cryocooler driven by a crank-rod mechanism was studied systematically. A numerical model built upon Sage-software was used to show the detailed characteristics of mass flow, pressure oscillation, temperature profile along the regenerator, acoustic power distribution and enthalpy flow in the cryocooler. The cooling performance of the cryocooler was tested and analyzed under various operating conditions. A cooling power of 700 W at 77 K with an electrical input power of 11.2 kW has been achieved up to now. The comparison analysis between the simulation results and experimental results shows the direction for further design optimization of the high-power Stirling cryocooler.

Author

Ms Ya XU (Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University)

Co-authors

Prof. Daming SUN (Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University) Mr Jie ZHANG (Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University) Mr Qie SHEN (Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University) Ms Yachao Cai (Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University) Mr Zhangzhan Cheng (Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University)

Presentation materials