Experiments on a Modular Magnetic Refrigeration Device

A versatile magnetic refrigeration test device.

A magnetic refrigeration test device has been built and tested. The device allows variation and control of many important experimental parameters, such as the type of heat transfer fluid, the movement of the heat transfer fluid, the timing of the refrigeration cycle, and the magnitude of the applied magnetic field. An advanced two-dimensional numerical model has previously been implemented in o...

Clusters for Magnetic Refrigeration**

Simulation of magnetic refrigeration systems

Optimization of Active Magnetic Regenerative Refrigeration Systems Using Design of Experiments

This paper attends to demonstrate the usefulness of Design of Experiments (DOE) method in magnetic refrigeration (MR) understanding and optimization. A numerical DOE is applied to a simple 1D finite difference model describing an Active Magnetic Regenerative Refrigeration (AMRR) system. The heat transfer fluid is water, the regenerator consists of stacked gadolinium plates and the model is base...

Evaluating the effect of magnetocaloric properties on magnetic refrigeration performance