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Progress of Pulse Tube Cryocooler

  • Received : 2010.09.07
  • Accepted : 2010.10.15
  • Published : 2010.11.30

Abstract

The pulse tube cooler as an alternative of Stirling, G-M or VM cooler to overcome the requirement from the various application fields is described. The necessity of the object oriented cooler development is explained to realize the cryocooler of more energy-efficient, more reliable, more compact and less expensive than what is currently available commercially.

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