Dependence of convective secondary flow on inclination angle in an inclined pulse tube refrigerator revealed by visualization

Cryogenics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-107

  Shiraishi, Masao ^a   Takamatsu, Koichi ^b,c   Murakami, Masahide ^b   Nakano, Akihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryocooler; Gravity driven convective motion; Pulse tube refrigerator; Secondary flow; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STREAMING; CRYOGENICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT CONVECTION; THERMOCOUPLES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

PULSE TUBES; SECONDARY FLOW;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 0344494089     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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