Wheel-type magnetic refrigerator
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a wheel-type magnetic refrigerator capable of cooling over a large temperature range. Ferromagnetic or paramagnetic porous materials are layered circumferentially according to their Curie temperature. The innermost layer has the lowest Curie temperature and the outermost layer has the highest Curie temperature. The wheel is rotated through a magnetic field perpendicular to the axis of the wheel and parallel to its direction of rotation. A fluid is pumped through portions of the layers using inner and outer manifolds to achieve refrigeration of a thermal load.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864724
- Patent Number(s):
- 4408463
- Assignee:
- Barclay, John A. (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01F - MAGNETS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- wheel-type; magnetic; refrigerator; disclosure; directed; capable; cooling; temperature; range; ferromagnetic; paramagnetic; porous; materials; layered; circumferentially; according; curie; innermost; layer; lowest; outermost; wheel; rotated; field; perpendicular; axis; parallel; direction; rotation; fluid; pumped; portions; layers; inner; outer; manifolds; achieve; refrigeration; thermal; load; outer manifold; curie temperature; porous material; temperature range; magnetic field; porous materials; magnetic refrigerator; outermost layer; thermal load; outer manifolds; field perpendicular; wheel-type magnetic; /62/505/
Citation Formats
Barclay, John A. Wheel-type magnetic refrigerator. United States: N. p., 1983.
Web.
Barclay, John A. Wheel-type magnetic refrigerator. United States.
Barclay, John A. Sat .
"Wheel-type magnetic refrigerator". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864724.
@article{osti_864724,
title = {Wheel-type magnetic refrigerator},
author = {Barclay, John A},
abstractNote = {The disclosure is directed to a wheel-type magnetic refrigerator capable of cooling over a large temperature range. Ferromagnetic or paramagnetic porous materials are layered circumferentially according to their Curie temperature. The innermost layer has the lowest Curie temperature and the outermost layer has the highest Curie temperature. The wheel is rotated through a magnetic field perpendicular to the axis of the wheel and parallel to its direction of rotation. A fluid is pumped through portions of the layers using inner and outer manifolds to achieve refrigeration of a thermal load.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1983},
month = {1}
}
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