THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF MINIATURE BLDCM DRIVEN

CRANK DRIVEN COOLER

Kethavath Santhosh
M180137ME
Thermal sciences
Project guide: Dr. Biju T kuzhiveli
Abstract
Brushless direct current motor driven miniature Stirling Cryocoolers are widely used in
the space, medical, industrial and other applications. Compressors driven by BLDC motor
are smooth and silent with low vibrations. Regenerator is the major consideration in the
analysis of cryocooler due to heat losses occurring inside it. So that it is necessary to
reduce the heat losses inside the regenerator by choosing proper matrix material, geometry
and mesh size. Regenerator with minimum loss, enhances the coefficient of performance
said to be optimized regenerator. A parametric study using regen3.3 has been carried for
the regenerator to find its optimum dimensions. Regenerator geometry, hot end and cold
end temperatures are fixed to 300 K and 80 K as per the cooling requirement and work
input to compressor piston is fixed to 20 Watt. optimum phase angle is determined where
the cop is maximum. Two different #300, #400 stainless steel mesh wire screens and their
combination are used as regenerator matrix. Cryocooler analysis with all its components
are analyzed with a software tool sage.

Objective
To design a miniature crank driven cryocooler with a capacity of 1.5 W cooling load with a
work input of 20 W
Work done
Semester 3
Literature survey
Regenerator optimisation using a software tool Regen3.3
Semester 4
Cryocooler analysis using a software tool Sage
1.Variation of COP with phase angle
 Single mesh regenerator with SS #300
0.135 0.1272 0.1285
0.13 0.1218 0.1232 0.124 0.1243 0.1258
0.1198 0.1175
0.125
0.12 0.1185
0.115
0.11
COP

0.105
0.1
0.095
0.09
0.085
0.08
0.075
0.07 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
0.065
PHASE ANGLE (degrees)
0.06
2. 0.055 of
Variation COP with phase angle
0.05

Single mesh regenerator with SS #400 mesh

0.125 0.1185 0.1192
0.1143 0.115 0.116
0.1108 0.1129
0.12 0.108 0.1098
0.115 0.1063
0.11
0.105
COP

0.1
0.095
0.09
0.085
0.08
0.075
0.07 051015202530354045
0.065 PHASE ANGLE (degrees)
0.06
0.055
0.05

3.Variation regenerator loss with phase angle

2.5

2.051.99
1.9
2 1.803
1.7
RG LOSS (W)

1.86 1.596
1.8 1.4865
1.65 1.728 1.64 1.373
1.5 1.56 1.26
1.48 1.46
1.371
1.27
1.17 1.05 1.16
1 0.983 0.961
0.912 0.873
0.5 SS400
SS300
multimesh
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
PHASE ANGLE (degrees)

Sage Model of crank driven cryocooler

1.Variation of Work input charge pressure

18

16

14
Win (W)

12

10

4
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
2 Pressure (MPa)

2.Variation of Q lift with Regenerator length

 1.6
1.4
1.2

1
Q lift ( W)

0.8

0.6
0.4
0.2

15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Regenerator length (mm)

3.Variation of Cooling load with charge pressure

1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1
Q lift (W)

0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0

0 0.5 1 1.5 Pressur2e (MPa) 2.5 3 3.5 4

Optimum values at 80 K
• Charge pressure 30.25 bar
• phase angle 40 degree
• Regenerator diameter 7 mm
• Frequency 45 Hz
• cooling load 1.48 watt
• Actual COP 0.09
• Ideal COP 0.36
Conclusions

1.It is found that among three #300 mesh screens are given lesser losses and higher COP for
an optimum phase angle of 40 degree.

2.Multi mesh in the regenerator has less losses as compared to single mesh of SS #300, SS
#400.

3.That means multi mesh regenerator has better performance than single mesh regenerator
with 3% increase in COP

4.From the Thermodynamic analysis it found that COP of the system is depends on the dead
volume ratio.
5.From sage optimum values of cryocooler components are obtained.
6.At pressure of 3.5 MPa the required cooling load and work input are
obtained 7.The operating frequency was found 45 Hz
8.Phase angle found 40 degree
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