Dynamic operation of an active magnetic regenerator (AMR): Numerical optimization of a packed-bed AMR

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1507-1517

  Tušek, Jaka ^a   Kitanovski, Andrej ^a   Prebil, Ivan ^a   Poredoš, Alojz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; Magnetic refrigerator; Modeling; Optimization; Regenerator; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATORS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC OPERATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; MASS-FLOW RATE; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING FREQUENCY; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MATLAB; TIME-DEPENDENT;

FLOW RATE; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATLAB; OPTIMIZATION; REGENERATORS; SPHERES;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION;

EID: 79961031860     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2011.04.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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