Improvement of the thermal performance of pulse tube refrigerator by using a general principle for enhancing energy transport and conversion processes

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-93

  He, Ya Ling ^a   Wu, Ming ^a   Tao, Wen Quan ^a   Chen, Zhong Qi ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Field synergy principle; Pulse tube refrigerator; Thermal performance improvement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

VELOCITY VECTORS;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 0142031102     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(03)00237-0     Document Type: Article

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