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First and second law analysis of fluid flow in the regenerator of pulse tube refrigerators

Roshanghalb, F ; Sharif University of Technology | 2010

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1115/IHTC14-22229
  3. Publisher: 2010
  4. Abstract:
  5. The objective of the present work is to analyze the performance of the regenerator of pulse tube refrigerators. Hydrodynamic and thermal behavior of the regenerator is investigated in this respect. To consider the system performance, a system of conservation equations including two energy equations for the regenerator as a porous media is employed. The present model considers one dimensional periodic unsteady compressible flow in the regenerator. The conservation equations are transformed by implementing the volumetric average scheme. Method of harmonic approximation is employed to derive an analytical solution. To explore the system performance, net energy flow and entropy generation minimization technique is applied in order to calculate the regenerator first and second law efficiencies. The effect of geometry and operating key parameters on the regenerator performance are considered as well
  6. Keywords:
  7. Oscillatory flow ; Porous media ; Regenerator ; Conservation equations ; Energy equation ; Entropy generation ; Entropy generation minimization ; Harmonic approximation ; Key parameters ; Net energy ; Oscillatory flows ; Pulse tube refrigerators ; Second law analysis ; Second law efficiencies ; Thermal behaviors ; Unsteady compressible flow ; Entropy ; Heat transfer ; Porous materials ; Refrigerators ; Tubes (components) ; Regenerators
  8. Source: 2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14, 8 August 2010 through 13 August 2010, Washington, DC ; Volume 4 , 2010 , Pages 247-255 ; 9780791849392 (ISBN)
  9. URL: http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1620350