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Title: Rotary magnetic heat pump

Patent ·
OSTI ID:866511

A rotary magnetic heat pump constructed without flow seals or segmented rotor accomplishes recuperation and regeneration by using split flow paths. Heat exchange fluid pumped through heat exchangers and returned to the heat pump splits into two flow components: one flowing counter to the rotor rotation and one flowing with the rotation.

Research Organization:
EG & G IDAHO INC
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-76ID01570
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 4727722
OSTI ID:
866511
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English