Elsevier

Cryogenics

Volume 26, Issue 3, March 1986, Pages 189-195
Cryogenics

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Heat balance analysis of single stage Gifford-McMahon cycle cryorefrigerator

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Abstract

A heat balance analysis of single stage Gifford-McMahon cycle cryorefrigerator is presented. Ideal refrigeration, actual refrigeration, net refrigeration and the various losses are tabulated. It is observed that pressure-volume losses account for a major fraction of the total losses.

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