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Numerical analysis of active magnetic regenerators for hydrogen magnetic refrigeration between 20 and 77 K.

Author(s) : MATSUMOTO K., KONDO T., IKEDA M., et al.

Type of article: Article

Summary

A model active magnetic regenerator refrigerator (AMR) with the Brayton-like operation cycle was analyzed by numerical cycle simulation in the temperature range between 20 and 77 K. In order to study the performance using magnetic material with various transition temperatures Tc, entropy of magnetic material with second order phase transition was calculated using mean field theory and Debye approximation. The cooling performance is shown to be high when the heat exhaust temperature is close to the transition temperature. It is shown that the optimized operation condition depends on both Tc and operation temperatures. Multi-layered AMR beds were shown to improve the performance of AMR. Multi-stage AMR was also discussed. [Reprinted with permission from Elsevier. Copyright, 2010].

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  • Original title: Numerical analysis of active magnetic regenerators for hydrogen magnetic refrigeration between 20 and 77 K.
  • Record ID : 30002613
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryogenics - vol. 51 - n. 6
  • Publication date: 2011/06
  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2010.06.003

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