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Study of a Vortex Tube by Analogy with a Heat Exchanger

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Cryocoolers 12

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Based on the models of Scheper, Lewins, and Bejan, a new model has been established to study the influence of the cold mass flow fraction on the temperature separation effect in a vortex tube. The model is based on making an analogy between the vortex tube and a counterflow heat exchanger. The results show the model can accurately explain the correlation of cold mass flow fraction to the temperature separation effect.

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  1. Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 310027

    Y. Cao & G.M. Chen

  2. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100080

    Y.F. Qi, E.C. Luo, J.F Wu & M.Q. Gong

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

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Cao, Y., Qi, Y., Luo, E., Wu, J., Gong, M., Chen, G. (2003). Study of a Vortex Tube by Analogy with a Heat Exchanger. In: Ross, R.G. (eds) Cryocoolers 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47919-2_81

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