15 K two-stage Stirling-type pulse-tube cryocooler

A two-stage pulse-tube cryocooler driven by a linear compressor was designed, manufactured and tested. The compressor is a moving-magnet type and dual-opposed-piston configuration, in which a plate spring is used. The two-stage cold head is a gas-separating thermal-link configuration. The phase shifter of each stage of the cryocooler can be double-inlet or inertance-tube type. Experiments have been carried out. The linear compressor can provide a pressure ratio of 1.3–1.5. Under the conditions of 1.2 MPa charging pressure and 32 Hz frequency, the second stage of the cryocooler reached a lowest temperature of 14.2 K, and the corresponding cooling temperature of the first stage is 93.3 K.