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US 10,228,164 B2Granted
Stirling refrigerator
AssigneeSumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsKyosuke Nakano, Yoshikatsu Hiratsuka, Kenta Yumoto
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Abstract
In a Stirling refrigerator, a regenerator has a low-temperature end and a high-temperature end. A plurality of protrusions, which thermally contact with the low-temperature end of the regenerator, are formed on a low-temperature heat exchanger. The low-temperature heat exchanger has a recess between the protrusions, and the recess forms a flowing groove through which a working gas flows. The regenerator may contain a mesh regenerator material.
Claims3
A Stirling refrigerator comprising:
- an expander body;
- a displacer configured to reciprocate inside the expander body to form an expansion space of a working gas between the expander body and the displacer;
- a regenerator including a low-temperature end and a high-temperature end;
- and
- a heat exchanger,
- wherein the heat exchanger comprises,
- annularly arranged and coaxially placed protrusions in thermal contact with the low-temperature end of the regenerator,
- first annular and coaxial recesses formed between the annularly arranged and coaxially placed protrusions, and
- second radial recesses extending radially and connecting adjacent ones of the first annular and coaxial recesses, the second radial recesses dividing the annularly arranged and coaxially placed protrusions into circumferentially discontinuous sub-protrusions,
- the first annular and coaxial recesses and the second radial recesses in combination form a flowing groove through which the working gas flows between the low-temperature end of the regenerator and the expansion space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.