Energy applications of magnetocaloric materials

A Kitanovski - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The need for energy‐efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration, heat pumping, air
conditioning, and thermal energy harvesting systems is currently more urgent than ever …

Caloric devices: A review on numerical modeling and optimization strategies

DJ Silva, J Ventura, JP Araujo - International Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of giant caloric effects and further investigation on device systems that can
compete with current heat management technologies in terms of efficiency have led to a …

[HTML][HTML] Novel design of a high efficiency multi-bed active magnetic regenerator heat pump

S Dall'Olio, M Masche, J Liang, AR Insinga… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The design of a rotary active magnetic regenerator heat pump device with a multi-bed
concept is presented. Important design features are the rotating two-pole magnet assembly …

Thermodynamic assessment of a large-scale magnetic air conditioning prototype

GF Peixer, AM Lorenzoni, YC Azeredo, PM Silva… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents an experimental analysis of the thermodynamic performance of a large-
scale magnetic air-conditioning system prototype that uses a combination of La (Fe, Mn, Si) …

System-level multi-objective optimization of a magnetic air conditioner through coupling of artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms

GF Peixer, ATD Nakashima, JA Lozano… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work advances an integrated approach to design the components of a magnetocaloric
air conditioner capable of producing a cooling capacity of 9000 BTU h− 1 (2637 W) for …

New horizons in magnetic refrigeration using artificial intelligence

O Chdil, M Bikerouin, M Balli, O Mounkachi - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A number of magnetic refrigeration prototypes have been developed in recent years.
Nevertheless, their optimization remains a challenging process. This paper presents an …

Design and fabrication of magnetic system using multi-material topology optimization

T Jung, J Lee, J Lee - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and fabrication schemes of a magnetic system consisting of
segmented permanent magnet (PM) blocks, back-iron and frame structures. Here, a frame …

Design trade-offs for an active magnetic regenerator device

FP Fortkamp, GB Lang, JA Lozano… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Magnetic Refrigeration (MR) is a technology based on the Magnetocaloric Effect (MCE), a
property by which Magnetocaloric Materials (MCM) change their temperature in response to …

Rotating magnetocaloric effect in polycrystals—Harnessing the demagnetizing effect

R Almeida, SC Freitas, CR Fernandes… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate change and the increasing demand for energy globally have motivated the search
for a more sustainable heat-pumping technology. Magnetic refrigeration stands as one of the …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the performance of magnetocaloric systems using machine learning regressors

DJ Silva, J Ventura, JP Araújo - Energy and AI, 2020 - Elsevier
Since refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump systems account to 25–30% of all
energy consumed in the world, there is a considerable potential to mitigate the Global …