Determining the minimum mass and cost of a magnetic refrigerator

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1805-1816

  Bjork R ^a   Smith, A ^a   Bahl, C R H ^a   Pryds, N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Magnetic fieldModeling; Magnetic refrigerator; Regenerator

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE CHANGE; COOLING POWER; HALBACH; HALBACH MAGNETS; MAGNETIC FIELDMODELING; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; MATERIAL COST; MINIMUM MASS; MODEL MATERIALS; NUMERICAL MODELING; OPERATION FREQUENCY; PARALLEL PLATES; REFRIGERATION DEVICES; TEMPERATURE SPAN;

COST REDUCTION; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETS; MATERIALS; REFRIGERATORS; REGENERATORS; SPHERES;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION;

EID: 80955151445     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2011.05.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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