Many electronic devices can benefit from operating at low temperatures. However

the widespread use of cryogenic electronic devices is limited by the miniaturization of cryocoolers. In this study

a closed Joule-Thomson (JT) cooling system based on a multicomponent mixture was investigated. The system comprised a Hampson-JT microcooler and a linear compressor. The working fluid was a ternary mixture with a molar concentration of 39% methane

20% ethane

and 41% isobutane. The cooling performance of a refrigerator under different conditions was studied experimentally. The results show that the microcooler can achieve a cold-end temperature of 165 K under 0.10–1.77 MPa and 0.14–1.90 MPa pressure

and 198 K under 0.36–1.73 MPa and 0.18–1.36 MPa pressure. The compact structure of the cooling system promotes the application of cryogenic electronic devices in the fields of military

space science

and biomedicine.