Evaluation of fundamental performance on magnetocaloric cooling with active magnetic regenerator

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 1176-1183

  Kawanami, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirano, Shigeki ^a   Fumoto, Koji ^b   Hirasawa, Shigeki ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUSHIRO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat pump; Magnetic refrigerator; Magnetocaloric effect; Regenerative cycle

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATORS; ADIABATIC DEMAGNETIZATION; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; COOLING CHARACTERISTICS; COOLING TECHNIQUE; FLUID FLOW; HEAT PUMPS; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATOR; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; MAGNETIC REGENERATORS; MAGNETOCALORIC; MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; MOLECULAR FIELD APPROXIMATION; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; REFRIGERATION CYCLES; REGENERATION PROCESS; REGENERATIVE CYCLE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEQUENTIAL PROCESS; SIMULATION MODEL; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DEMAGNETIZATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT STORAGE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPS; RARE EARTH ALLOYS; REFRIGERATORS; REGENERATORS;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION;

EID: 79951772608     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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