Performance of an irreversible quantum Ericsson cooler at low temperature limit

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 4731-4737

  Wu, Feng ^a,b   Chen, Lingen ^a   Wu, Shuang ^c   Sun, Fengrui ^a  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Wuhan Institute Technology School of Science   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT RESISTANCE; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

HEAT LEAKAGE; QUANTUM ERICSSON COOLER;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33751274235     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/21/033     Document Type: Article

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