Experimental study on the performance of a room temperature magnetic refrigerator using permanent magnets

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1267-1273

  Yao, G H ^a,b   Gong, M Q ^a   Wu, J F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Experiment; Magnet; Magnetic field; Magnetic refrigerator; Magnetism; Material; Performance; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GADOLINIUM; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SPAN;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 33751162125     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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