A new structural U-shape pulse tube cryocooler

A new structural U-shape pulse tube cryocooler based on the U-shape pulse tube cryocooler, with one regenerator and the same two pulse tubes, has been designed and manufactured. The pulse cryocooler is able to gain 120 K@6 W cooling power with 80 W electric power at the operating frequency of 52 Hz. The method of the inertance tube phase-shifting is investigated and the useful conclusion is obtained for the pahse-shifting of new structural U-shape pulse tube cryocooler. The DC flow that occures in the inertance tube phase-shifting is also tested and analysed.