A 2D hybrid model of the fluid flow and heat transfer in a reciprocating active magnetic regenerator

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-114

  Oliveira, Pablo A ^a   Trevizoli, Paulo V ^a   Barbosa Jr , Jader R ^a   Prata, Alvaro T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cooling rate; Magnetic refrigerator; Modelling; Regenerator; Simulation; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATORS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; COOLING CAPACITY; COOLING RATES; COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID VOLUMES; HYBRID MODEL; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; MASS FLOW RATE; MODELLING; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARALLEL PLATES; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE SPAN; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL FIELD; TIME-DEPENDENT; UTILIZATION FACTOR; VOLUME OF FLUIDS; WORKING FLUID;

COOLING; FLUIDS; GADOLINIUM; NUMERICAL METHODS; REGENERATORS; THERMOANALYSIS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 82955249176     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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