Thermoacoustically Driven Pulse Tube Coolers with Acoustic Amplifiers
Thermoacoustically Driven Pulse Tube Coolers with Acoustic Amplifiers
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10.1063/1.2202581
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2006-05
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J. Y. Hu;W. Dai;E. Luo
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J. Y. Hu;W. Dai;E. Luo
In previous thermoacoustically driven pulse tube coolers, the coolers are directly connected to the thermoacoustic engines with connecting tubes as short as possible for less power dissipation. This coupling method limits the amplitude of the pressure waves available to the coolers, which in turn limits the lowest obtainable temperatures. Through our analysis, if we use a connecting tube with length comparable to one quarter wavelength, the pressure wave coming from the thermoacoustic engine will be greatly amplified and drive the cooler to reach a much lower temperature. Experiments have been done on thermoacoustically driven single‐stage and two‐stage pulse tube cooler and successfully proved the effectiveness of this idea. The pressure ratios of 1.3 and 1.24 were obtained on the single‐stage and two‐stage pulse tube coolers, respectively, which are much higher than the pressure ratios of 1.1 and 1.13 provided by the thermoacoustic engine itself. With the amplified pressure ratio, the no‐load lowest tem...