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An Experimental Study on Performance of the Inertance Pulse Tube Refrigerator using a Small Compressor  

Kim Hongseong (Graduate School, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Jeong Sangkwon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.17, no.6, 2005 , pp. 552-559 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes an experimental study on the inertance pulse tube refrigerator using a small compressor. The purpose of this experimental study is to identify the performance of the inertance pulse tube refrigerator for various operating conditions and to obtain the optimum configuration. The dead volume effect is verified by two experimental apparatuses with different dead volumes between the compressor and the aftercooler. The refrigerator of the smaller dead volume shows better performance. The influence of operating frequency and charging pressure on the performance of the refrigerator is experimentally investigated. Reducing the regenerator mesh size improves the performance of the refrigerator. Finally, the inertance pulse tube refrigerator has maximum cooling capacity at the specific combination of the pulse tube length and the inertance tube length. The loss analysis is used to analyze and predict the optimum condition of the pulse tube refrigerator.
Keywords
Pulse tube; Inertance tube; Dead volume; Operating frequency; Charging pressure; Regenerator mesh;
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