An experimental study of passive regenerator geometries

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1817-1822

  Engelbrecht, K ^a   Nielsen, K K ^a   Pryds, N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Magnetic refrigerator; Regenerator

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PLATES; CORRUGATED PLATE; CYCLE TIME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; EXPERIMENTATION; FLAT PLATE; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; MANUFACTURING VARIATION; PASSIVE REGENERATOR; VAPOR COMPRESSION;

ALUMINUM; GEOMETRY;

REGENERATORS;

EID: 80955142666     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2011.07.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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