Patent · US Expired

Cooling load enclosed in pulse tube cooler

US7174721B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 26, 2004
Grant dateFeb 13, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 24, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B2309/1424
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooling load 90 is enclosed within the envelope of the pressure vessel that contains the working fluid in a pulse tube cooler in a load space 95 adjacent to a regenerator 58 of that pulse tube cooler. Flow-smoothing means 63, which include stacked screens and perforated plates, or diffuser nozzle 104 or diffuser cone 106, spreads the flow of fluid that enters the cold end of pulse tube 66.

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