Effect of Thermal Cycling on Operational Characteristics and Lifetime Prediction of Space Pulse Tube Refrigerator

Figure 4

Experimental facilities. (1) Heat plate; (2) heat pipe; (3) linear compressor; (4) base of the compressor; (5) after cooler; (6) hot end heat exchanger; (7) reservoir; (8) two vacuum chambers; (9) data acquisition modules; (10) data acquisition software; (11) input power supply.