A comprehensive experimental analysis of gadolinium active magnetic regenerators

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-66

  Tušek, Jaka ^a   Kitanovski, Andrej ^a   Zupan, Samo ^a   Prebil, Ivan ^a   Poredoš, Alojz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Active magnetic regenerator; Experiment; Gadolinium; Magnetic refrigeration; Magnetocaloric effect; Permanent magnet

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MAGNETIC REGENERATORS; COOLING CAPACITY; COOLING CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LINEAR MOVEMENTS; MAGNET ASSEMBLY; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; MASS-FLOW RATE; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PARALLEL PLATES; PERMANENT-MAGNET ASSEMBLY; TEMPERATURE SPAN;

COOLING; EXPERIMENTS; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; REFRIGERATORS; REGENERATORS;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION;

EID: 84873662587     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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