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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl S. Kirkconnell, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Kenneth D. Price, Long Beach, CA (US);
William E. Croft, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Alberto E. Schroth, Mission Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 9/00 ;
Abstract
A pulse tube expander includes a regenerator, a pulse tube, a porous plug phase shifter, and a surge tank, in series gaseous communication with each other. The porous plug phase shifter is made of a porous material such as a sintered mass or a packed solid bed of distinct, free-flowing bodies. The porous plug phase shifter introduces a phase shift between the pressure wave and the mass flow rate in the pulse tube expander. The porous plug phase shifter is resistant to clogging due to contamination that may be present in the system.