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Mixed Refrigerants for a Glass Capillary Micro Cryogenic Cooler

April 24, 2010
Author(s)
Mu Hong Lin, Peter E. Bradley, Marcia L. Huber, Ryan J. Lewis, Ray Radebaugh, Yung-Cheng Lee
Optimized mixed refrigerants are applied in Joule-Thomson (JT) micro cryogenic coolers (MCC) to enhance efficiency. Mixed refrigerants deliver equivalent refrigeration power with much lower pressure ratio and flow rate compared to pure nitrogen refrigerant

Development of Miniature, High Frequency Pulse Tube Cryocoolers

April 5, 2010
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh, Isaac Garaway, Alexander Veprik
Because acoustic power density is proportional to frequency, the size of pulse tube cryocoolers for a given refrigeration power can be reduced by operating them at higher frequencies. A frequency of about 60 Hz had been considered the maximum frequency

Diagnostics and Optimization of a Miniature High Frequency Pulse Tube Cryocooler

June 28, 2009
Author(s)
Isaac Garaway, Alexander Veprik, Ray Radebaugh
A miniature, high energy density, Pulse Tube cryocooler has been developed, tested, diagnosed and optimized to provide appropriate cooling for size-limited cryogenic applications demanding fast cool down. This cryocooler, originally designed using REGEN 3

Investigation of Flow Nonuniformities in a Large 50 K Pulse Tube Cryocooler

June 28, 2009
Author(s)
Michael A. Lewis, Ryan P. Taylor, Ray Radebaugh, Isaac Garaway, Peter E. Bradley
A single stage pulse tube cryocooler was optimized to provide 50 W of net refrigeration power at 50 K when driven by a pressure oscillator that can produce up to 2.8 kW of acoustic power at 60 Hz. The cryocooler was designed with the ability to provide

Optimization Calculations for a 30 HZ, 4 K Regenerator with Helium-3 Working Fluid

June 28, 2009
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh, Yonghua Huang, Agnes A. O'Gallagher, John M. Gary
The NIST numerical software, REGEN3.3, which incorporates both He-4 and He-3 properties, was used to calculate the losses and second law efficiencies of 4 K regenerators operating at 30 Hz. Operating parameters, such as average pressure, pressure ratio

DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND ASSEMBLY OF A HOLLOW-CORE FIBER-BASED MICRO CRYOGENIC COOLER

June 21, 2009
Author(s)
James C. Booth, Mu Hong Lin, Peter E. Bradley, H.-j Wu, Ray Radebaugh, Y.C. Lee
One of the smallest Joule Thomson (J-T) micro cryogenic coolers (MCC) utilizing a hollow-core fiberbased heat exchanger (HX) is designed, fabricated, assembled and tested. Techniques that control mask material etching are developed to fabricate a multi

Cryocoolers: State of the art and recent developments

March 31, 2009
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh
Cryocooler performance and reliability are continually improving. Consequently, they are more and more frequently implemented by physicists in their laboratory experiments or for commercial and space applications. The five types of cryocoolers most

Crycoolers and High-T c Devices

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh
This chapter reviews various methods and their operating principles for producing cryogenic temperatures. The use of liquid cryogens for laboratory studies of superconducting electronic devices is a common practice. That technique is mentioned briefly but

Cryogenics

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh
This article is for publication in the Encyclopedia of Chemistry. The article gives a definition of cryogenics and describes the origin of the term and how it has been defined. Temperature scales and thermometry are discussed in relation to the absolute

Thermodynamics of Regenerative Refrigerators

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh
Regeneration refrigerators operate with oscillating pressures and flows. Such refrigerators include the Stirling, Gifford-McMahon, and pulse tube refrigerators. This book chapter introduces the thermodynamics for analyzing such refrigeration systems. The

Calculated Performance of Low-Porosity Regenerators at 4 K with He-4 and He-3

June 9, 2008
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh, Yonghua Huang, Agnes A. O'Gallagher, John M. Gary
Previously we have shown that the lower volumetric heat capacity and more ideal behavior of helium-3 compared with helium-4 at 4 K results in an improved performance for packed sphere regenerators operating with helium-3 between 4 K and about 20 K. In this

Pulse Tube Cryocooler for Rapid Cooldown of A Superconducting Magnet

June 9, 2008
Author(s)
Michael A. Lewis, Ryan P. Taylor, Peter E. Bradley, Isaac Garaway, Ray Radebaugh
A single-stage pulse tube cryocooler was designed to provide rapid cooldown of a high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet that is part of a gyrotron required for the generation of a high-power mm-wave (95 GHz) beams. These beams are used in the

Status and Recent Trends in Cryocooler Research

April 6, 2008
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh
The five types of cryocoolers used to provide cryogenic temperatures for various applications are the Joule-Thomson, Brayton, Stirling, Gifford-McMahon, and pulse tube cryocoolers. Many advances in all types have occurred in the past twenty years that have

CALCULATED REGENERATOR PERFORMANCE AT 4 K WITH HELIUM-4 AND HELIUM-3

March 16, 2008
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh, Yonghua Huang, Agnes O?Gallagher, John Gary
The helium-4 working fluid in regenerative cryocoolers operating with the cold end near 4 K deviates considerably from an ideal gas. As a result, losses in the regenerator, given by the time-averaged enthalpy flux, are increased and are strong functions of

Impedance Measurements of Inertance Tubes at High Frequency and Pressure

July 16, 2007
Author(s)
Michael A. Lewis, Ryan P. Taylor, Peter E. Bradley, Ray Radebaugh, Gershon Grossman, Zhihua Gan
Previous comparisons between measured and calculated inertance tube impedance were made at frequencies below 70 Hz and average pressures below 3 MPa. In this paper, we present results on similar comparisons for frequencies up to 150 Hz and average

MODELING AND EXPERIMENTS ON FAST COOLDOWN OF A 120 Hz PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER

July 16, 2007
Author(s)
Srinivas Vanapalli, Michael A. Lewis, Gershon Grossman, Zhihua Gan, Ray Radebaugh, H.J. M. ter Brake
High frequency operation of a pulse tube cryocooler leads to reduced regenerator volume, which results in a reduced heat capacity and a faster cooldown time. A pulse tube cryocooler operating at a frequency of 120 Hz and an average pressure of 3.5 MPa

EQUATION OF STATE AND THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HELIUM-3

April 3, 2007
Author(s)
Yonghua Huang, G.B. Chen, V. Arp, Ray Radebaugh
Experimental data of the thermophysical properties of 3He were mined into a searchable database. Equilibrium equations along the vapor-liquid and liquid-solid lines were proposed. A general equation of state for normal fluid 3He based on the Debye specific

THE DEBYE FLUID STATE EQUATION

April 2, 2007
Author(s)
V. Arp, Yonghua Huang, Ray Radebaugh, G.B. Chen
We describe a new form of a fluid state equation, based on a conceptual extrapolation from the Debye equation for the specific heat of solid materials. The Debye characteristic temperature, theta, which is nominally a constant for solids, becomes a

120Hz Pulse Tube Cryocooler for Fast Cooldown to 50K

February 13, 2007
Author(s)
Srinivas Vanapalli, Michael A. Lewis, Zhihua Gan, Ray Radebaugh
A pulse tube cryocooler operating at 120 Hz with 3.5 MPa average pressure achieved a no-load temperature of about 49.9 K and a cooldown time to 80 K of 5.5 minutes. The net refrigeration power at 80 K was 3.35 W with an efficiency of about 22.6% of Carnot

Characterization of Inertance Tubes Using Resonance Effects

June 14, 2006
Author(s)
Michael A. Lewis, Peter E. Bradley, Ray Radebaugh, Zhihua Gan
Inertance tubes can be characterized by their inertance, compliance, and resistance. All three of these impedance components are present during normal measurements of inertance tube impedance. As a result, in comparing experimental results with models it

Proposed Rapid Cooldown Technique for Pulse Tube Cryocoolers

June 14, 2006
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh, Agnes O?Gallagher, Michael A. Lewis, Peter E. Bradley
Some cryocooler applications, such as those for military operations dealing with high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets, motors, or generators, require faster cooldown times than what can normally be provided with a cryocooler designed to

Inertance Tube Optimization for Pulse Tube Refrigerators

April 27, 2006
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh, Michael A. Lewis, Ercang Lou, John M. Pfotenhauer, G. F. Nellis, L. F. Schunk
The efficiency of regenerative refrigerators is generally maximized when the pressure and flow are in phase near the midpoint of the regenerator. Such a phase relationship minimizes the amplitude of the mass flow for a given acoustic power flow through the

Regenerator Operation at Very High Frequencies for Microcryocoolers

April 27, 2006
Author(s)
Ray Radebaugh, Agnes A. O'Gallagher
The size of Stirling and Stirling-type pulse tube cryocoolers is dominated by the size of the pressure oscillator. Such cryocoolers typically operate at frequencies up to about 60 Hz for cold-end temperatures above about 60 K. Higher operating frequencies