Comparison between a 1D and a 2D numerical model of an active magnetic regenerative refrigerator

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Petersen, Thomas Frank ^a   Engelbrecht, Kurt ^a,b   Bahl, Christian R H ^a   Elmegaard, Brian ^a   Pryds, Nini ^a   Smith, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGENERATORS;

ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATOR (AMR); COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE (COP); VAPOUR-COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 43049117189     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/10/105002     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Engelbrecht K L, Nellis G F, Klein S A and Zimm C B 2007 Recent developments in room temperature active magnetic regenerative refrigeration HVAC&R Res. 13 525-42
2. Dikeos J, Rowe A and Tura A 2006 Numerical analysis of an active magnetic regenerator (AMR) refrigeration cycle AIP Conf. Proc. 823 993-1000
3. Petersen T F, Pryds N, Smith A, Hattel J, Schmidt H and Knudsen H J H 2008 Two dimensional mathematical model of a reciprocating room-temperature active magnetic regenerator Int. J. Refrig. 31 432-43
4. Engelbrecht K L, Nellis G F and Klein S A 2007 Comparing modeling predictions to experimental data for active magnetic regenertive refrigeration systems Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature (Portoroz, Slovenia)
5. http://www.comsol.com
6. Jeffreson C P 1972 Prediction of breakthrough curves in packed beds: I. Applicability of single parameter models AIChE J. 18 409-16
7. Nickolay M and Martin H 2002 Improved approximation for the Nusselt number for hydrodynamically developed laminar flow between parallel plates Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 45 3263-6
8. Incropera F P and DeWitt D P 1996 Introduction to Heat Transfer 3 edn (New York: Wiley)
9. University of Wisconsin-Madison solar energy laboratory webpage http://sel.me.wisc.edu/publications/publ.html
10. Petersen T F 2007 Numerical modelling and analysis of a room temperature magnetic refrigeration system PhD Thesis Risø National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
11. David R Lide (ed) 2004 CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 85th edn (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press)
12. Klein S A 2004 Computer code ENGINEERING EQUATION SOLVER VERSION V7.174-3D (Madison, WI: F-Chart Software) p 53744
13. Lienhard J H IV and Lienhard J H V 2004 A Heat Transfer Textbook 3rd edn (Cambridge, MA: Phlogiston Press)