Journal article

Publication year: 2007

Pages: 2795-2804

Journal: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volume number: 50

Issue number: 13-14

ISSN: 0017-9310

eISSN: 1879-2189

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.10.054

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
Transverse asymmetry in the temperature profile of the regenerator in a Stirling-type pulse tube cooler as observed in experiments was analysed in a numerical study. The asymmetry was reproduced using a one-dimensional model of the cooler where the regenerator was modelled using two identical parallel regenerator channels. The asymmetry was caused by a circulating flow that was superimposed on the oscillating flow. The primary mechanism driving the circulating flow was due to the wave form of the pressure difference between the ends of the regenerator and the dependence of the instantaneous mass flow rate on the pressure difference and temperature. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Harvard Citation style: Kildegaard Andersen, S., Dietrich, M., Carlsen, H. and Thurnmes, G. (2007) Numerical study on transverse asymmetry in the temperature profile of a regenerator in a pulse tube cooler, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50(13-14), pp. 2795-2804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.10.054

APA Citation style: Kildegaard Andersen, S., Dietrich, M., Carlsen, H., & Thurnmes, G. (2007). Numerical study on transverse asymmetry in the temperature profile of a regenerator in a pulse tube cooler. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 50(13-14), 2795-2804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.10.054