Numerical analysis on pressure drop and heat transfer performance of mesh regenerators used in cryocoolers

Cryogenics

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 497-503

  Tao, Y B ^a   Liu, Y W ^a   Gao, F ^a   Chen, X Y ^a   He, Y L ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C. Heat transfer; C. Optimization design; C. Pressure drop; E. Mesh regenerator

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC POROUS MEDIA; C. HEAT TRANSFER; C. OPTIMIZATION DESIGN; C. PRESSURE DROP; COOLING POWER; CRYOCOOLERS; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; E. MESH REGENERATOR; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MESH CONFIGURATIONS; MULTI-SEGMENT; OPERATING FREQUENCY; OSCILLATING FLOWS; PENETRATION DEPTH; PULSE TUBE REFRIGERATORS; SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY; STAINLESS STEEL MESH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY RATIO;

COOLING; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; CRYOGENICS; DROPS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; METEOROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; SPECIFIC HEAT; STAINLESS STEEL; STRUCTURAL PANELS; WEAVING;

REGENERATORS;

EID: 68949156345     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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