A flexible numerical model to study an active magnetic refrigerator for near room temperature applications

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2690-2698

  Aprea, Ciro ^a   Maiorino, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

AMR; COP; Homogeneous ferromagnetic material; Magnetic refrigeration; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS; MODELS; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATION; REGENERATORS; SPECIFIC HEAT; VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION;

ACTIVE MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATIVE REFRIGERATIONS; ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATORS; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOCALORIC PROPERTIES; SMALL TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAT TRANSFER; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROUS MEDIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 77953132864     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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