Cryocoolers 12

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
NASA Space Cryocooler Programs—An Overview....Pages 1-8
Air Force Research Laboratory Space Cryogenic Technology Research Initiatives....Pages 9-16
Status Report on the Linear Drive Coolers for the Department of Defense Standard Advanced Dewar Assembly (SADA)....Pages 17-25
Development of a Low-Power Stirling Cycle Cryocooler for Space Applications....Pages 27-30
High Capacity Flexure Bearing Stirling Cryocooler On-Board the ISS....Pages 31-35
Space Flight Qualification Program for the AMS-02 Commercial Cryocoolers....Pages 37-44
Thermodynamic Performance of the Ball Aerospace Multistage Stirling Cycle Mechanical Cooler....Pages 45-50
Performance Characterization of the Ball Aerospace 35/60K Protoflight Spacecraft Cryocooler....Pages 51-58
Continued Characterization Results for the Astrium 10K Developmental Cryocooler....Pages 59-67
Technology Development Related to Tactical Cryocoolers at Raytheon Infrared Operations....Pages 69-74
Performance and Reliability Data for a Production Free Piston Stirling Cryocooler....Pages 75-78
CMCEC Life Test Results and Related Issues....Pages 79-85
MTTF Prediction in Design Phase on Thales Cryogenics Integral Coolers....Pages 87-94
An Experimental Study of the Phase Shift between Piston and Displacer in a Stirling Cryocooler....Pages 95-101
Dynamic Analysis of a Free Piston Stirling Refrigerator....Pages 103-108
Low Vibration 80 K Pulse Tube Cooler with Flexure Bearing Compressor....Pages 109-114
Development of 40–80K Linear-Compressor Driven Pulse Tube Cryocoolers....Pages 115-121
Performance and System Design of 60K Pulse Tube Coolers Driven by a Linear Compressor for HTS Filter Subsystems....Pages 123-129
High Capacity Pulse Tube Cryocooler....Pages 131-138
Development of Single and Two-Stage Pulse Tube Cryocoolers with Commercial Linear Compressors....Pages 139-147
Development of a 5 W at 80 K Stirling-Type Pulse Tube Cryocooler....Pages 149-155
Design and Test of a 70 K Pulse Tube Cryocooler....Pages 157-164
Miniature 50 to 80 K Pulse Tube Cooler for Space Applications....Pages 165-171
Design and Characterization of a Miniature Pulse Tube Cooler....Pages 173-182
Low Cost, Lightweight Space Cryocoolers....Pages 183-190
JAMI Flight Pulse Tube Cooler System....Pages 191-197
Performance Testing of a Lightweight, High Efficiency Cooler....Pages 199-204
Development of a Lightweight Pulse Tube Cryocooler for Space Applications....Pages 205-212
Development of a Two-Stage Pulse Tube Cryocooler for 35 K Cooling....Pages 213-218
High Capacity Two-Stage Pulse Tube Cooler....Pages 219-224
Development of a High Capacity Two-Stage Pulse Tube Cryocooler....Pages 225-232
Two Stage Hybrid Cryocooler Development....Pages 233-239
Development of a 10 K Pulse Tube Cryocooler for Space Applications....Pages 241-246
Scaling of Cryocooler Compressors....Pages 247-253
The Linearity of Clearance Seal Suspension Systems....Pages 255-264
Piston Resonance in the Orifice Pulse Tube....Pages 265-274
Producibility of Cryocooler Compressors....Pages 275-281
Helium-3 Pulse Tube Cryocooler....Pages 283-292
Two-Stage Pulse Tube Cryocoolers for 4 K and 10 K Operation....Pages 293-300
Development of a 4K Two-stage Pulse Tube Cryocooler....Pages 301-307
Performance of a 4K Pulse Tube Refrigerator And Its Improvement....Pages 309-315
Experimental Investigation of a G-M Type Coaxial Pulse Tube Cryocooler....Pages 317-323
Experimental Study on Two-stage Pulse Tube Refrigeration with Mixtures of Helium and Hydrogen....Pages 325-329
Experimental Investigation of 4K VM Type Pulse Tube Cooler....Pages 331-336
Affecting the Gross Cooling Power of a Pulse Tube Cryocooler with Mass Flow Control....Pages 337-342
Pressure Wave Generator for a Pulse Tube Cooler....Pages 343-348
A First Order Model of a Hybrid Pulse Tube/Reverse-Brayton Cryocooler....Pages 349-359
The Role of the Orifice and the Secondary Bypass in a Miniature Pulse Tube Cryocooler....Pages 361-369
Surface Heat Pumping Loss in a Pulse Tube Refrigerator....Pages 371-378
Numerical Model for Pulse Tubes Using Method of Lines....Pages 379-387
Pulse Tube Refrigerator Analysis, Including Inertance Tube and Friction in the Regenerator....Pages 389-396
Cooling Performance of a Small GM Cryocooler with a New Ceramic Magnetic Regenerator Material....Pages 397-402
Improvement of 4K GM Cooling Performance with a New Regenerator Material....Pages 403-410
Thermal Hysteresis at 4 K with a GM Cryocooler....Pages 411-419
Study on the Onset Temperature Gradient of Regenerators Used for Thermoacoustic Prime Movers....Pages 421-424
Study on Thermoacoustic DC-Flow Model for a Cyclic Regenerator due to Nonlinear Effects....Pages 425-430
Thermodynamic Analysis of a Traveling Wave Thermoacoustic Device by Use of a Distributed-Parameter Method....Pages 431-438
Investigation of a High Frequency Traveling Wave Thermoacoustic-Driven System....Pages 439-446
The Influence of Thermal Natural Convection on a Traveling-Wave Thermoacoustic Engine....Pages 447-450
Experimental Investigation of Thermoacoustically Driven Pulse Tube Refrigerator Using Noble Gas Mixtures....Pages 451-456
Low Temperature Cryocooler Regenerator Materials....Pages 457-465
Specific Heat and Magnetic Properties of GdSb....Pages 467-471
A New Ceramic Magnetic Regenerator Material for 4 K Cryocoolers....Pages 473-481
Predicted Performance of a Low-Temperature Perforated Plate Regenerator....Pages 483-487
LIGA-Fabricated High-Performance Micro-Channel Regenerators for Cryocoolers....Pages 489-497
Improved Flow Patterns in Etched Foil Regenerator....Pages 499-505
Compact High Effectiveness Parallel Plate Heat Exchangers....Pages 507-516
Measurement of Heat Conduction through Bonded Regenerator Matrix Materials....Pages 517-522
Regenerator Loss Measurements at Low Temperatures and High Frequencies....Pages 523-530
Regenerator Characterization under Oscillating Flow and Pulsating Pressure....Pages 531-537
Oscillating Flow Characteristics of a Regenerator under Low Temperature Conditions....Pages 539-545
A Comparative Evaluation of Numerical Models for Cryocooler Regenerators....Pages 547-554
Periodic Porous Media Flows in Regenerators....Pages 555-561
Initial Operation of the NICMOS Cryocooler on the Hubble Space Telescope....Pages 563-570
Development of a Turbo-Brayton Cooler for 6 K Space Applications....Pages 571-578
A Hybrid Multistage 10K Cryocooler for Space Applications....Pages 579-586
Development of a Medium-Scale Collins-Type 10 K Cryocooler....Pages 587-594
Efficiency of the ARC and Mixed Gas Joule Thomson Refrigerators....Pages 595-601
Further Development of the Mixture Refrigeration Cycle with a Dephlegmation Separator....Pages 603-608
Research on Adiabatic Capillary Tube Expansion Devices in Mixed-Refrigerant J-T Cryocoolers....Pages 609-614
Study of a Vortex Tube by Analogy with a Heat Exchanger....Pages 615-620
Thermodynamic Prediction of the Vortex Tube Applied to a Mixed-Refrigerant Auto-Cascade J-T Cycle....Pages 621-626
Evaluation of Hydride Compressor Elements for the Planck Sorption Cryocooler....Pages 627-635
Initial Test Performance of a Close-Cycle Cotinuos Hydroge Sorption Cooler, the Planck Sorption Breadboard Cooler....Pages 637-642
Construction and Operation of a 165 K Microcooler with a Sorption Compressor and a Micromachined Cold Stage....Pages 643-649
Automated Closed-Cycle Cooling to 250 mK for the Polatron....Pages 651-660
Progress in the Development of a Continuous Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator....Pages 661-668
Sub-Kelvin Mechanical Coolers....Pages 669-673
Preliminary Performance of a Superfluid 3 He - 4 He Compressor....Pages 675-679
Preliminary Experimental Results Using a Three-Stage Superfluid Stirling Refrigerator....Pages 681-686
Dielectric Mirror Leakage and Its Effects on Optical Cryocooling....Pages 687-692
Advanced Components for Cryogenic Integration....Pages 693-708
Cryogenic Loop Heat Pipes as Flexible Thermal Links for Cryocoolers....Pages 709-716
A Thermally Conductive and Vibration Protective Interface for Linear Cryogenic Coolers in Applications for Gimbaled Infrared Devices....Pages 717-726
Cryocooler Load Increase due to External Contamination of Low-∈ Cryogenic Surfaces....Pages 727-736
Performance Characteristics of the ASTER Cryocooler in Orbit....Pages 737-746
AIRS Pulse Tube Cooler System-Level and In-Space Performance Comparison....Pages 747-754
Final Qualification and Early On-Orbit Performance of the RHESSI Cryocooler....Pages 755-760
Operation of a Sunpower M87 Cryocooler in a Magnetic Field....Pages 761-769
Active Vibration Cancellation in Astrium Stirling Cycle and Pulse Tube Coolers....Pages 771-775
On-Orbit Cooling Performance of a Miniature Pulse Tube Flight Cryocooler....Pages 777-787
High-Tc SQUID Based Gradiometer Cooled by a Cryotiger Gas-mixture Cooler....Pages 789-797
On the Development of a Non-metallic and Non-magnetic Miniature Pulse Tube Cooler....Pages 799-804
Cryogenic Refrigerator Evaluation for Medical and Rotating Machine Applications....Pages 805-811
Helium Free Magnets and Research Systems....Pages 813-816
Back Matter....Pages 817-825