Numerical investigation on non-linear streaming effects in a two-stage coaxial pulse tube cryocooler

Stirling pulse tube cryocoolers (PTC) are widely used in aerospace applications for the cooling of infrared sensors and for filtering background thermal noise in the astro-imaging devices, etc. Present investigation aims to use numerical methods to demonstrate the nonlinear fluid flow, heat transfer...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics of fluids (1994) 2024-01, Vol.36 (1)
Hauptverfasser: C, Damu, Moudghalya, Sumukh, Nerale, Mrunal M., Panda, Debashis, K S, Rajendra Prasad, Behera, Upendra, Reddy, B. N. Sathyanarantana
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Zusammenfassung:Stirling pulse tube cryocoolers (PTC) are widely used in aerospace applications for the cooling of infrared sensors and for filtering background thermal noise in the astro-imaging devices, etc. Present investigation aims to use numerical methods to demonstrate the nonlinear fluid flow, heat transfer, and vortex generation phenomena in a two-stage coaxial type inertance pulse tube cryocooler. The numerical simulation is conducted using commercially available Fluent® code for both single-stage and multi-stage configurations to show nonlinear processes with varying heat load conditions. It has been noticed that the width of the vortex produced inside the pulse tube grows with an increase in heat load capacity. This undesirable flow conditions yields an adverse effect in the cooling behavior and reduces overall performance of cryocooler with higher heat load. Additionally, streamlines, stream function, pressure and temperature variation plots are given for both stages with different heat load capacity to substantiate our results.
ISSN:1070-6631
1089-7666
DOI:10.1063/5.0178688