Abstract
Advancement of applied thermodynamics made it possible starting in the late 1960’s to tackle the problem of developing a highly-efficient single circuit throttling refrigeration cycle. It was shown by means of the exergy analysis that the Carnot efficiency of the well-known throttling refrigeration cycle may be essentially improved by using multi-component refrigerants (MR). Further, based on both thermodynamics of multi-component mixtures and experimental data on multi-phase vapor-liquid and solid-liquid equilibrium, highly-efficient MRs were proposed for different applications down to cryogenic temperatures. A combination of thermodynamics and technology allows us to design and build highly-reliable cryocoolers which are now commercially-available, based on one-stage oil-lubricated compressors. These low-cost coolers provide refrigeration in the temperature range from 65 K to more than 130 K depending on the MR composition. The development of this technology along with present applications, are discussed.
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Boiarski, M.J., Brodianski, V.M., Longsworth, R.C. (1998). Retrospective of Mixed-Refrigerant Technology and Modern Status of Cryocoolers Based on One-Stage, Oil-Lubricated Compressors. In: Kittel, P. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 43. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9047-4_214
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