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 …

The use of barocaloric effect for energy saving in a domestic refrigerator with ethylene-glycol based nanofluids: A numerical analysis and a comparison with a vapor …

C Aprea, A Greco, A Maiorino, C Masselli - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on barocaloric refrigeration that could represent a practicable
environmentally friendly alternative to vapor compression. The energy performances of an …

Numerical study of a cascade cycle for the reciprocating solid-state magnetic refrigerator

J He, C Ya, X Tang, L Ma, J Wu, B Lu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, a novel reciprocating solid state magnetic refrigeration (MR) cycle at room
temperature is described and numerically simulated. An ingenious double-layer structural …

Thermal switching requirements for solid state magnetic refrigeration

DJ Silva, AM Pereira, JO Ventura, JP Araújo… - Journal of Magnetism …, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnetic refrigeration, based on the magnetocaloric effect, is an attractive alternative to the
conventional vapor-compression technology. In a solid state magnetic refrigerator the …

High comprehensive electrocaloric performance in barium titanate-based ceramics via integrating diffuse phase transition near room temperature and a high applied …

A Zhang, H Hou, N Liao, Z Miao, X Wang, J Liu… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lead-free relaxor bulk ceramics (LFRBCs) have the advantages of environment-friendliness,
diffuse phase transition near room temperature (RT) and large heat absorption capacity, so …

Review of multi-physics modeling on the active magnetic regenerative refrigeration

J Eustache, A Plait, F Dubas, R Glises - Mathematical and Computational …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Compared to conventional vapor-compression refrigeration systems, magnetic refrigeration
is a promising and potential alternative technology. The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is used …

Modeling and computing magnetocaloric systems using the Python framework heatrapy

DJ Silva, JS Amaral, VS Amaral - International Journal of Refrigeration, 2019 - Elsevier
Among all ferroic-based thermotechnologies, magnetocaloric refrigeration has become one
of the most reported alternatives to vapor-compression systems. Hence, the modeling, and …

Broad multi-parameter dimensioning of magnetocaloric systems using statistical learning classifiers

DJ Silva, JS Amaral, VS Amaral - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Prototyping innovative energy devices is a complex multivariable dimensioning problem. For
the case of magnetocaloric systems, one aims to obtain an optimized balance between …