Experimental results for a magnetic refrigerator using three different types of magnetocaloric material regenerators

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1132-1140

  Engelbrecht, K ^a   Bahl, C R H ^a   Nielsen, K K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Magnetic property; Magnetic refrigerator; Regenerator

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATORS; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EXPERIMENTATION; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; MAGNETIC TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; PARALLEL PLATE GEOMETRY; REGENERATOR MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE SPAN; VAPOR COMPRESSION;

COBALT COMPOUNDS; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS; MANGANESE OXIDE; MATERIALS; REFRIGERATORS; REGENERATORS; SILICON; VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION;

EID: 79955898368     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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