LRC Network Phase Shift Devices for Pulse Tube Coolers

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Patent No.
8,397,520
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Device or Machine

Various embodiments are directed to pulse tube coolers and components thereof. A pulse tube cooler may comprise a compressor, a regenerator, a pulse tube and a reservoir. A network of phase control devices may be placed in a fluid path between a hot end of the pulse tube and the reservoir. The network of phase control devices may have at least one flow resistance device and at least one inertance device.

Keywords: tube cooler
International Class: F25B9/00