Performance characteristics of an irreversible magnetic Brayton refrigeration cycle

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-144

  He, Ji Zhou ^a   Wu, Xin ^a   Deng, Xin Fa ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brayton; Calculation; Magnetic refrigerator; Modelling; Performance; Thermodynamic cycle

Indexed keywords

CURIE TEMPERATURE; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFRIGERATION; SALTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; PERFORMANCE; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE; WORK INPUT;

BRAYTON CYCLE;

EID: 36749100624     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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