Dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of the moving-coil linear compressor for the pulse tube cryocooler: Part B – Experimental verifications

•Necessary empirical corrections are made and two sets of experiments conducted.•The same compressor is employed to couple with two different coaxial cold fingers.•Good agreements are found between simulation and experimental results.•Validity of theoretical investigations in Part A is experimentally verified.•Theoretical studies apply to wide ranges of both frequency and cooling temperature.

Experimental investigations are carried out to verify the theoretical analyses and modeling conducted in Part A. Some empirical corrections are made and two sets of experiments are arranged based on the same compressor coupled with two different coaxial cold fingers typically operating at 80 K and 60 K, respectively. The variations of φ, ΔP, I, θ; the input electric power, ηmotor; the cooling capacity and ηCarnot with the operating frequency at the given cooling temperatures are tested and compared with the simulation results, and fairly good agreements are found in both cases. The effects of the cooling temperature on these characteristics are also tested and discussed. Experimental results verify the validity of the theoretical investigations in Part A. The results also indicate that the theoretical studies can apply to wide ranges of both the operating frequency and the cooling temperature.