Prakash, Jose M and Prasad, Madhu and Rastogi, SC and Akkimaradi, BS and Gupta, PP and Narayanamurthy, H and Srinivasan, K (2000) Development of a laboratory model of activated charcoal-nitrogen adsorption cryocooler. In: Cryogenics, 40 (7). pp. 481-488.
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The development of a laboratory model of a charcoal-nitrogen adsorption cryocooler is described. The results on characterization of various components of this cooler and performance of the ensemble are presented. Four compressor cells are operated 90° out of phase to generate 0.0364 g/s (1.75 slpm) of nitrogen at a pressure of 5.2 MPa. The cycle time per compressor was 8 min, equally apportioned between heating and cooling. The high pressure gas is pre-cooled to 193 K and expanded through a J-T/heat exchanger assembly. A cold tip temperature of 124 K is obtained at a parasitic heat load of 0.36 W.
|Item Type:||Journal Article|
|Additional Information:||Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier.|
|Keywords:||Space cryogenics;Adsorption pumping;Cryocooler|
|Department/Centre:||Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering|
|Date Deposited:||30 Jun 2006|
|Last Modified:||19 Sep 2010 04:29|
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