Multi-stage cryocooler with concentric second stage

Details Multi-stage cryocooler with concentric second stage Multi-stage cryocooler with concentric second stage

2007-11-20

2007-11-20

Doerrler, William C (Department: 3744)

Refrigeration

Gas compression, heat regeneration and expansion, e.g.,...

Reexamination Certificate

active

11038822

ABSTRACT:
A multi-stage cryocooler includes a concentric second-stage pulse tube expander in which a pulse tube is located within a second-stage regenerator. In one embodiment, an inner wall of the regenerator also functions as an outer wall of the pulse tube. In another embodiment, there is an annular gap between an inner wall of the regenerator and an outer wall of the pulse tube. The gap may be maintained at a low pressure, approaching a vacuum, by placing the gap in fluid communication with an environment around the cryocooler, such as the low-pressure environment of space. The integrated second-stage structure, with the pulse tube within the annular regenerator, provides several potential advantages over prior multi-stage cryocooler systems.

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