NASA advanced cryocooler technology development program
NASA advanced cryocooler technology development program
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10.1117/12.462788
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2003-03
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D. Coulter;R. Ross;R. Boyle;R. W. Key
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作者：
D. Coulter;R. Ross;R. Boyle;R. W. Key
机械制冷机代表了NASA地球和空间科学企业的重要使能技术。多年来，美国宇航局为各种各样的太空任务开发了新的制冷机技术。最近的成就包括NCS， AIRS， TES和HIRDLS制冷机，以及TRW和洛克希德马丁公司的微型脉冲管制冷机。目前NASA最大的技术推动是在4到10 K的温度范围内。下一代太空望远镜（NGST）和类地行星发现者（TPF）等任务计划使用红外探测器，工作在6-8 K之间，通常是砷掺杂硅阵列，红外望远镜直径为3 - 6米。同样，Constellation-X计划使用工作在50 mK的x射线微热量计，并将需要6 K的冷却来预冷却其多级50 mK磁制冷机。为了解决这些下一代任务的制冷机开发问题，NASA启动了一项名为“先进制冷机技术开发计划”（ACTDP）的计划。本文介绍了ACTDP计划的概述，包括计划目标和时间表，以及正在开发的冷却器概念的概念细节。
Mechanical cryocoolers represent a significant enabling technology for NASA's Earth and Space Science Enterprises. Over the years, NASA has developed new cryocooler technologies for a wide variety of space missions. Recent achievements include the NCS, AIRS, TES and HIRDLS cryocoolers, and miniature pulse tube coolers at TRW and Lockheed Martin. The largest technology push within NASA right now is in the temperature range of 4 to 10 K. Missions such as the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) and Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) plan to use infrared detectors operating between 6-8 K, typically arsenic-doped silicon arrays, with IR telescopes from 3 to 6 meters in diameter. Similarly, Constellation-X plans to use X-ray microcalorimeters operating at 50 mK and will require ~6 K cooling to precool its multistage 50 mK magnetic refrigerator. To address cryocooler development for these next-generation missions, NASA has initiated a program referred to as the Advanced Cryocooler Technology Development Program (ACTDP). This paper presents an overview of the ACTDP program including programmatic objectives and timelines, and conceptual details of the cooler concepts under development.