1. An Orifice Pulse Tube Cooler for CMOS Computer Cooling
- Author
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Riggle, P, Colenbrander, K, Neely, R. E, Lewis, D. C, Williford, I. E, Gedeon, D, and Kittel, P
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Computer Operations And Hardware - Abstract
The subject orifice pulse tube cooler employs dual opposed compressor pistons, clearance seals, moving coil linear motors, and flexible bearings cooling capacity is 100 watts at 200 K. A matrix of optimizations explored load temperatures and cooling capacities of 50 K, 100 K, 200 K, 1 watt, 10 watts, and 100 watts. The optimization process resulted in a design with zero second entrance flow and a non-resonant pulse tube. Topics include performance results, mechanical design, and development problems and solutions. The development seeks to use orifice pulse tube mechanical simplicity to achieve a computer cooler with acceptable efficiency, low materials cost, low labor cost, long life, high reliability, low vibration, operation at the standard 60 Hz U.S. grid frequency, and control through simple drive and control electronics.
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- 1994