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Approaching all-temperature-ranges giant magnetocaloric materials by establishing a broad curie-temperature window.
Continuously operating elastocaloric cooling device based on shape memory alloys: development and realization.
High relative cooling power iron based magnetocaloric nanoparticles.
Magnetocaloric effect in RNi2 melt-spun ribbons (R=Dy, Tb).
Comparing magnetocaloric properties of substrate-constrained and freestanding epitaxial Ni-Mn-Ga-Co films.
Magnetocaloric effect in Gd-doped Ni-Cu-Mn-Ga alloy.
Search for the magnetocaloric effect in multiferroics oxides.
Theoretical prediction of the giant magnetocaloric effect in Ni40Co10Mn40Sn7Al3 Heusler alloy.
Magnetocaloric properties of the stacked Ni50Mn18.75-xCu6.25+xGa25 (x = 0÷1) polycrystalline alloys.
Direct in situ study of magnetocaloric effect and martensitic twins structure of Ni-Mn-Ga Heusler alloy in high magnetic fields up to 14T.
Tuning magnetic exchange interactions to enhance magnetocaloric effect in Ni50Mn34In16 Heusler alloy: Monte Carlo and ab initio studies.
Theoretical modeling of heat transfer processes in Ni-Co-Mn-In magnetic wires.
Modelling of heat transfer processes in cooling cell with Ni-Co-Mn-In magnetic wires.
Anisotropy of the magnetocaloric effect in the single crystalline Ni49.6Mn27.6Ga22.8 alloy.
Refrigeration sector monitoring
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Shape memory alloys: cooling with metal muscles
Researchers from the University of Saarland (Germany) are constructing an optimized prototype for an air-cooling system in which heat and cold are transferred using “muscles” made from a nickel-titanium alloy thanks to the elastocaloric effect.
China
China 's first self-made LNG carrier is being constructed in Shanghai after almost 8 years of research, training of building specialists and planning. An LNG ship is worth between USD 170 million and 200 million. The vessel which is due for...
CHEs in heat pumps
In its Annex 33, "Compact Heat Exchangers in Heat Pumping Equipment" issued in September 2010, the Heat Pump Programme details the benefits of using compact heat exchangers (CHEs): . Improved heat exchanger thermal effectiveness: thermal...
45°C temperature drop by using magnetic refrigeration technology
Researchers working in General Electric labs claim to have been able to freeze water using magnetic refrigeration technology.
ICR2011 highlights: cooling particle detectors
Cooling systems for particle detectors attracted interest at the IIR’s Congress in Prague in August 2011. These highly specific applications have very strict requirements compared with standard cooling systems: refrigerants should be resistant to...
A low-GWP cooling system for the Eiffel Tower
The ageing R407C cooling system in the tower’s west pillar has been replaced with an energy efficient system using low GWP R1234ze(E).
Encyclopedia of Refrigeration
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Additive manufacturing of regenerators for caloric cooling
In many areas of engineering, additive manufacturing allows the production of complex and multifunctional products that could not be manufactured using traditional methods. In the...