On the magnetic forces in magnetic cooling machines: Numerical calculations and experimental investigations

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3383-3386

  Balli, Mohamed ^a   Mahmed, Cyril ^a   Bonhôte, Philippe ^a   Sari, Osmann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magnetic cooling; magnetic forces; magnetocaloric effect (MCE); performances; simulation

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERANTS;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MAGNETIC FORCE; MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT (MCE); MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PERFORMANCES; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE;

MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS;

EID: 80053478965     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2158189     Document Type: Article

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