Four operation modes of a pulse tube machine with a step piston compressor

Shaowei Zhu

Energy, 2016, vol. 100, issue C, 190-198

Abstract: An inertance tube pulse tube refrigerator with a step piston compressor is a reversible refrigerator which means that it can be operated as a refrigerator, a cold engine, a heat engine, and a heat pump. We call it as a pulse tube machine. In this paper, a numerical simulation is conducted on an inertance tube pulse tube machine with a step piston compressor. The result shows that the pulse tube machine can work as a refrigerator, a cold engine, a heat engine, and a heat pump, depending on the swept volume ratio of the step piston compressor.

Keywords: Pulse tube refrigerator; Pulse tube engine; Cold engine; Heat engine; Heat pump; Cryocooler (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.01.066

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