The influence of demagnetizing effects on the performance of active magnetic regenerators

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Nielsen, Kaspar K ^a   Smith, Anders ^a   Bahl, Christian R H ^a   Olsen, Ulrik L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATORS; APPLIED FIELD; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DEMAGNETIZING EFFECTS; DEMAGNETIZING FIELD; FLOW CHANNELS; MAGNETOCALORIC PROPERTIES; MULTIPHYSICS PROBLEMS; NON-TRIVIAL; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PARALLEL PLATES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STACK GEOMETRY; THERMAL UTILIZATION;

MAGNETOSTATICS;

REGENERATORS;

EID: 84870933697     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4764039     Document Type: Article

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