Numerical simulation of magnetocaloric system behaviour for an industrial application

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 973-981

  Risser, M ^a,b   Vasile, C ^a,b   Engel, T ^a,c   Keith, B ^a,b   Muller, C ^d  

^a INSA DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Génie de la Conception LGeCo   (France)

^c Laboratoire des Systmes Photoniques (LSP)   (France)

^d Impasse Antoine IMBS ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Energy; Flow; Fluid; Heat transfer; Industrial application; Magnetic refrigerator; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; ENERGY FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FLOW; FLUID FLOW; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; MAGNETOCALORIC; MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; MULTI-PHYSICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OUTPUT PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE SPAN; THERMAL POWER;

FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 77955226991     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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