Porous media model for active magnetic regenerator of room temperature magnetic refrigeration and its numerical simulation

Hsi-An Chiao Tung Ta Hsueh/Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 31-35

  Liu, Min ^a   Yu, Bingfeng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active magnetic regenerator; Numerical simulation; Refrigeration performance; Room temperature magnetic refrigeration

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMAGNETIZATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GADOLINIUM; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POROUS MATERIALS; REFRIGERATION; REGENERATORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATOR; BOUNDARY EFFECTS; CO-EFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; ENERGY EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FINITE DIFFERENCES; FLUID FLUXES; MAGNETIC ENTROPIES; NON-DARCY EFFECTS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POROUS MEDIAS; REFRIGERATION CAPACITIES; REFRIGERATION PERFORMANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMAL DISPERSION EFFECTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

CURIE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 63749126284     PISSN: 0253987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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