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Study on Deformation of Miniature Metal Bellows in Cryocooler Following Temperature Change of Internal Gas

내부 기체의 온도 변화에 따른 극저온 냉각기용 소형 금속 벨로우즈의 변형에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Seung Ha (EO/IR R&D Lab., LIGNex1 Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Lee, Tae Won (Dept. of Mechanical Design Engineering, Kumoh Nat'l Inst. of Technology)
  • 이승하 (LIG 넥스원 탐색기/광학연구센터) ;
  • 이태원 (금오공과대학교 기계설계공학과)
  • Received : 2014.10.23
  • Accepted : 2015.01.04
  • Published : 2015.04.01
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Abstract

A bellows is an important temperature control component in a Joule-Thomson micro-cryocooler. It is designed using a very thin shell, and the inside of the bellows is filled with nitrogen gas. The bellows is made of a nickel-cobalt alloy that maintains its strength and elastic properties in a wide range of temperatures from cryogenic to $300^{\circ}C$. The pressure of the gas and the volume within the bellows vary according to the temperature of the gas. As a result, the bellows contracts or expands in the axial direction like a spring. To explore this phenomenon, the deformation of the bellows and its internal volume must be calculated iteratively under a modified pressure until the state equation of the gas is satisfied at a given temperature. In this paper, the modified Benedict-Webb-Rubin state equation is adopted to describe the temperature-volume-pressure relations of the gas. Experiments were performed to validate the proposed method. The results of a numerical analysis and the experiments showed good agreement.

벨로우즈는 줄-톰슨 소형 극저온 냉각기에서 온도조절장치로 사용하는 중요한 부품이다. 벨로우즈는 매우 얇은 쉘로 제작되었으며 내부는 질소기체로 충전되어 있다. 또한 재료는 니켈-코발트 합금이며 이 재질은 $300^{\circ}C$에서 극저온까지 탄성계수와 강도가 변하지 않는 금속이다. 벨로우즈 내부의 기체는 온도가 바뀌면 기체의 압력과 부피가 변하고 결과적으로 벨로우즈가 길이 방향으로 수축 또는 팽창한다. 이 현상을 해석하기 위하여 주어진 온도에서 기체의 상태방정식이 만족될 때까지 수정된 압력하에서 벨로우즈의 변형과 변형된 내부 체적을 반복적으로 계산하였다. 현 연구에서 기체의 온도-부피-압력 상태를 정의하는 식으로 MBWR 상태 방정식이 채택되었다. 제안한 해석 방법론의 타당성을 증명하기 위하여 실험을 수행하였고 비교결과 수치 해는 실험값과 잘 일치하였다.

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