Numerical Modeling Procedure for Micromachined Cryogenic Cooler Elements Using ANSYS Fluent Software and Viscous Flow in a Small-Diameter Channel with Heat Transfer as an Example

• DOI: 10.1007/s10556-016-0227-0
• Publication Date: 2016-11-08T21:06:09Z
• Authors: V. V. Kulik; A. N. Parkin; E. S. Navasardyan
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences

Initial results from a comparative analysis of hydrodynamic and heat-transfer data for the channel connecting compression and displacement volumes (thoroughfare) are attained by using semiempirical criterial functions and finite-element simulation with various RANS turbulence models for a reversed Stirling cryocooler. The model for the numerical experiment is created using the ANSYS Fluent CFD software.