Acoustic recovery of lost power in pulse tube refrigerators

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 711-724

  Swift, G W ^a   Gardner, D L ^a   Backhaus, S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRIGERATOR;

EID: 0032920588     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.426262     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. R. Radebaugh, "A review of pulse tube refrigeration," Adv. Cryog. Eng. 35, 1191-1205 (1990).
2. P. Kittel, "Ideal orifice pulse tube refrigerator performance," Cryogenics 32, 843-844 (1992).
3. Cryenco, Inc., 3811 Joliet, Denver, CO 80239.
4. G. W. Swift, "Thermoacoustic natural gas liquefier," in Proceedings of the DOE Natural Gas Conference, Houston, TX, March 1997.
5. A. Bejan, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (Wiley, New York, 1997), 2nd ed.
6. P. H. Ceperley, "Gain and efficiency of a short traveling wave heat engine," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 77, 1239-1244 (1985), and references therein.
7. G. W. Swift, M. S. Allen, and J. J. Wollan, "Performance of a tapered pulse tube," to be published in the Proceedings of the 10th International Cryocooler Conference, Monterey CA, May 1998.
8. J. R. Olson and G. W. Swift, "Acoustic streaming in pulse tube refrigerators: Tapered pulse tubes," Cryogenics 37, 769-776 (1997).
9. R. Radebaugh, personal communication.
10. D. Gedeon, "DC gas flows in Stirling and pulse-tube cryocoolers," in Cryocoolers 9, edited by R. G. Ross (Plenum, New York, 1997), pp. 385-392.
11. L. E. Kinsler, A. R. Frey, A. B. Coppens, and J. V. Sanders, Fundamentals of Acoustics (Wiley, New York, 1982).
12. B. J. Huang and C. W. Lu, "Dynamic response of regenerator in cyclic flow system," Cryogenics 33, 1046 (1993).
13. B. J. Huang and C. W. Lu, "Linear network analysis of regenerator in a cyclic-flow system," Cryogenics 35, 203 (1995).
14. G. W. Swift and W. C. Ward, "Simple harmonic analysis of regenerators," J. Thermophys. Heat Transfer 10, 652-662 (1996).
15. J. H. Xiao, "Thermoacoustic theory for cyclic flow regenerators. Part I: Fundamentals," Cryogenics 32, 895 (1992).
16. pT(t)U(t) = 0.
17. R. Radebaugh, "Advances in cryocoolers," in Proceedings of the 16th International Cryogenic Engineering Conference/International Cryogenic Materials Conference (ICE16/ICMC) (Elsevier Science, Oxford, 1997), pp. 33-44.
18. S. W. Zhu, S. L. Zhou, N. Yoshimura, and Y. Matsubara, "Phase shift effect of the long neck tube for the pulse tube refrigerator," in Cryocoolers 9, edited by R. G. Ross (Plenum, New York, 1997), pp. 269-278.
19. S. Zhu, P. Wu, and Z. Chen, "Double inlet pulse tube refrigerators: An important improvement," Cryogenics 30, 514 (1990).
20. P. M. Morse and K. U. Ingard, Theoretical Acoustics (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968) Chap. 6.2.
21. D. L. Gardner and G. W. Swift, "Use of inertance in orifice pulse tube refrigerators," Cryogenics 37, 117-121 (1997).
22. v = √μ/πfρ. Reducing these lengths by a factor of 2 deter-mines the frequency and pressure necessary to make argon in the half-scale apparatus similar to helium in the full-scale apparatus. For a more complete treatment (discussing the temperature dependence of μ and K, similarity of Prandtl number, and other effects), see Ref. 23.
23. J. R. Olson and G. W. Swift, "Similitude in thermoacoustics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 95, 1405-1412 (1994).
24. The hydraulic radius is the ratio of gas volume to gas-solid contact surface area.
25. W. M. Kays and A. L. London, Compact Heat Exchangers (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1964).
26. A. M. Fusco, W. C. Ward, and G. W. Swift, "Two-sensor power measurments in lossy ducts," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 91, 2229-2235 (1992).
27. G. W. Swift, "Analysis and performance of a large thermoacoustic engine," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92, 1551-1563 (1992).
28. W. C. Ward and G. W. Swift, "Design environment for low amplitude thermoacoustic engines (DeltaE)," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 95, 3671-3672 (1994). Fully tested software and users guide available from Energy Science and Technology Software Center, U. S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN. To review DeltaE's capabilities, visit the Los Alamos thermoacoustics web site at http://rott.esa.lanl.gov/. For a beta-test version, contact ww@lanl.gov (Bill Ward) via Internet.
29. M. Iguchi, M. Ohmi, and K. Maegawa, "Analysis of free oscillating flow in a U-shaped tube," Bull. JSME 25, 1398 (1982).
30. W. L. M. Nyborg, "Acoustic streaming" in Physical Acoustics, edited by W. P. Mason (Academic, New York, 1965), Vol. IIB, p. 265.
31. R. W. Fox and A. T. McDonald, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (Wiley, New York, 1985).
32. V. L. Streeter, Handbook of Fluid Dynamics (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1961)
33. S. L. Garrett, J. A. Adeff, and T. J. Hofler, "Thermoacoustic refrigerator for space applications," J. Thermophys. Heat Transfer 7, 595-599 (1993).