Design optimization of a 0.1-ton/day active magnetic regenerative hydrogen liquefier

Cryogenics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 269-278

  Zhang, L ^a   Sherif, S A ^b   DeGregoria, A J ^c   Zimm, C B ^d   Veziroglu, T N ^e  

^a 83rd Avenue ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c 2 Chippewa Court   (United States)

^d Astronautics Corporation of America   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATIVE (AMR) HYDROGEN LIQUEFIERS;

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS);

EID: 0034171477     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2275(00)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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