Numerical investigations on internal temperature distribution and refrigeration performance of reciprocating active magnetic regenerator of room temperature magnetic refrigeration

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 617-627

  Liu, Min ^a   Yu, Bingfeng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic refrigerator; Porous medium; Refrigeration; Simulation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATORS; BOUNDARY EFFECTS; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DIMENSIONAL TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTERNAL HEAT; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC REFRIGERANTS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ONE-DIMENSION; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM MODEL; REFRIGERATION CAPACITY; REFRIGERATION PERFORMANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION; SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSION; VARIABLE FLUID PROPERTIES;

GLASS INDUSTRY; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETISM; POROUS MATERIALS; REFRIGERATORS; REGENERATORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION;

EID: 79952363603     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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