A numerical analysis of an active magnetic regenerative cascade system

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-188

  Aprea, C ^a   Greco, A ^b   Maiorino, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cascade system; Gd Tb alloys; Magnetic refrigeration; MCE; Room temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATORS; BRAYTON; CASCADE CYCLES; CASCADE SYSTEMS; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; FLUID FLOWING; GD-TB ALLOYS; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; MATRIX; MCE; OPERATING POINTS; OPTIMAL POINTS; POROUS MATRIXS; POWER CONSUMPTION; PRACTICAL MODEL; REFRIGERATION CAPACITY; REFRIGERATION PLANTS; REGENERATIVE CYCLE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INTERVALS; TEMPERATURE SPAN; TWO STAGE; WATER-GLYCOL MIXTURES; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

ALLOYS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM ALLOYS; GLYCOLS; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETISM; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; REGENERATORS; TERBIUM; TERBIUM ALLOYS;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION;

EID: 79951541523     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1682     Document Type: Article

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