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Determining the minimum mass and cost of a magnetic refrigerator.

Author(s) : BJØRK R., SMITH A., BAHL C. R. H., et al.

Type of article: Article, IJR article

Summary

An expression is determined for the mass of the magnet and magnetocaloric material needed for a magnetic refrigerator and these are determined using numerical modeling for both parallel plate and packed sphere bed regenerators as function of temperature span and cooling power. As magnetocaloric material Gd or a model material with a constant adiabatic temperature change, representing an infinitely linearly graded refrigeration device, is used. For the magnet a maximum figure of merit magnet or a Halbach cylinder is used. For a cost of USD 40 and USD 20 per kg for the magnet and magnetocaloric material, respectively, the cheapest 100 W parallel plate refrigerator with a temperature span of 20 K using Gd and a Halbach magnet has 0.8 kg of magnet, 0.3 kg of Gd and a cost of USD 35. Using the constant material reduces this cost to USD 25. A packed sphere bed refrigerator with the constant material costs USD 7. It is also shown that increasing the operation frequency reduces the cost. Finally, the lowest cost is also found as a function of the cost of the magnet and magnetocaloric material.

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  • Original title: Determining the minimum mass and cost of a magnetic refrigerator.
  • Record ID : 30002263
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 34 - n. 8
  • Publication date: 2011/12

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