Simplified numerical model of magnetocaloric cooling device
Abstract
In the present paper the laboratory scale test stand of a magnetic cooling device is briefly introduced. One set of measurements,for a given geometry of a magnetic bed filled with gadolinium, are presented and used as reference results fordeveloping a zero-dimensional (0D) mathematical model. The 0D model assumes adiabatic heat transfer in the magnetic bedand thermal interaction of the system with surrounding ambient air. Moreover, it takes into consideration the basic dimensionsof the bed geometry. Its results give a theoretical upper limit of a temperature span of the proposed magnetic cooling device.The ultimate goal of the proposed 0D numerical model is to gain insight into the basic physics needed to build a full CFDmodel and optimize system efficiency so as to approach the theoretical temperature limits.References
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and Magnetic Materials 433 (2017) 234–238.
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Refrigeration at Room Temperature, 2007 (2007) 377–382.
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K. Nielsen, S. F., A. Smith, P. N., Experimental results for a novel rotary
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of a permanent magnet active magnetic refrigerator, International Journal
of Refrigeration 37 (2014) 99–105.
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refrigerator, International journal of refrigeration 37 (2014) 84–91.
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active magnetic regenerators for room temperature magnetocaloric refrigeration,
Applied Thermal Engineering 111 (2017) 1232–1243.
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study of the effect of regenerator bed length on the performance
of a magnetic cooling system, International Journal of Refrigeration
97 (2019) 49–55.
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free convection from vertical plates, International Journal of Heat and
Mass Transfer 18 (11) (1975) 1323–1329.
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a uniform heat flux density, Letters in Heat and Mass Transfer 2 (1)
(1974) 109–111.
Published
2019-04-11
How to Cite
PŁUSZKA, Paweł; LEWANDOWSKI, Daniel; MALECHA, Ziemowit Miłosz.
Simplified numerical model of magnetocaloric cooling device.
Journal of Power Technologies, [S.l.], v. 99, n. 2, p. 58–66, apr. 2019.
ISSN 2083-4195.
Available at: <https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1485>. Date accessed: 20 apr. 2024.
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Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering 2018 Gliwice
Keywords
magnetic refrigeration; AMR gadolinium cycle; zero-dimensional modeling
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