The Superfluid Stirling Refrigerator and Fluid Flow in 3He-4He Mixtures

CTS-9416689首席研究员将建造和测试一种改进的超流体斯特林制冷机，其温度低于300MK(即绝对温度低于1开尔文)。在反向斯特林循环中，冰箱将使用3He和4He的混合物作为工作流体。测试程序的结果将用于改进冰箱的建模，并进一步了解4He溶剂和3He气体在冰箱运行温度下的行为和相互作用。这种类型的冰箱有可能取代其他达到建议范围内温度的方法(稀释、3He冰箱和退磁)，因为它更节能，不需要密封的泵，不依赖于强磁场，并且可以在零g环境中运行。

Abstract CTS -- 9416689 The Principal Investigator will construct and test an improved superfluid Stirling refrigerator for attaining temperatures of less than 300 mK (that is, less than one Kelvin in absolute temperature.). The refrigerator will use a mixture of 3He and 4He as the working fluid in a reverse Stirling cycle. The results of the test program will be used to improve modeling of the refrigerator, and to gain further understanding of the behavior and interaction of the 4He solvent and the 3He "gas" at the temperatures of refrigerator operation. This type of refrigerator has the potential to replace other methods of attaining temperatures in the proposed range (dilution, 3He refrigerators, and demagnetization) because it is more energy efficient, does not require sealed pumps, does not depend on intense magnetic fields, and can operate in a zero-g environment.