A Joule-Thomson cooling system with a Si/glass heat exchanger for 0.1-1 W heat loads

TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2417-2420

  Zhu, Weibin ^a   White, Michael J ^b   Nellis, Gregory F ^b   Klein, Sanford A ^b   Gianchandani, Yogesh B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic microsystem; Flow modulation; Heat exchanger; Joule Thomson cooler

Indexed keywords

COOLING POWER; FLOW MODULATIONS; GAS EXPANSION; HEAT LOADS; INLET PRESSURES; INLET TEMPERATURE; JOULE-THOMSON COOLERS; JOULE-THOMSON COOLING; MASS FLOW RATE; MICRO VALVES; MICROMACHINED; PERFORATED PLATE; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; T-SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE MODULATION; TRANSIENT STATE;

ACTUATORS; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; CRYOGENICS; ETHANE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; METEOROLOGY; MICROSYSTEMS; MODULATION; ORIFICES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; THERMAL LOAD; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 71449103979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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