Model of a porous regenerator used for magnetic refrigeration at room temperature

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 1223-1229

  Bouchard, Jonathan ^a   Nesreddine, Hakim ^b   Galanis, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Magnetic refrigeration; Magnetocaloric effect; Porous regenerator

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETISM; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REFRIGERATION; REGENERATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; CFD; COMPUTATION TIMES; ENERGY EQUATIONS; FLUID FLOWS; INTERSTITIAL CHANNELS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION; MAGNETIC SOLIDS; MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT; MEMORY REQUIREMENTS; NUMERICAL SCHEMES; POROUS REGENERATOR; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SIMULTANEOUS SOLUTIONS; SOLID PARTICLES; SOURCE TERMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURES; VARIABLE PROPERTIES; VELOCITY FIELDS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 58149470616     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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