The active magnetic regenerator (AMR) is at the heart of the thermo-magnetic Brayton cooling cycle. It consists of a porous matrix heat exchanger whose solid phase is a magnetocaloric material (solid refrigerant) that undergoes a reversible magnetic phase transition when subjected to a changing magnetic field. The cooling capacity of the cycle is proportional to the mass of solid refrigerant, operating frequency, volumetric displacement of the working fluid (generally an aqueous solution) and regenerator effectiveness. AMRs can be modeled via a porous media approach and a model has been developed to simulate the time-dependent fluid flow and heat transfer processes. Gadolinium (Gd) is usually adopted as a reference material for magnetic cooling at near room temperature and, in this study, its magnetic temperature change and physical properties were accounted for using a combination of experimental data and the Weiss-Debye-Sommerfeld theory. In this paper, the influence of the applied magnetic field waveform and of demagnetizing effects on the AMR performance is investigated numerically. An evaluation of the model is also carried out in the light of a comparison against experimental data for a regenerator containing spherical Gd particles.
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ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology
July 14–19, 2013
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Paulo V. Trevizoli,
Paulo V. Trevizoli
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
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Jader R. Barbosa, Jr.,
Jader R. Barbosa, Jr.
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
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Armando Tura,
Armando Tura
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Daniel Arnold,
Daniel Arnold
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Andrew Rowe
Andrew Rowe
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Paulo V. Trevizoli
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
Jader R. Barbosa, Jr.
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
Armando Tura
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Daniel Arnold
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Andrew Rowe
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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HT2013-17108, V001T03A038; 14 pages
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December 21, 2013
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Trevizoli, PV, Barbosa, JR, Jr., Tura, A, Arnold, D, & Rowe, A. "Modeling of Thermo-Magnetic Phenomena in Active Magnetic Regenerators." Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. Volume 1: Heat Transfer in Energy Systems; Thermophysical Properties; Theory and Fundamental Research in Heat Transfer. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. July 14–19, 2013. V001T03A038. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2013-17108
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