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 …

A unified dual modeling framework for soft and hard magnetorheological elastomers

D Mukherjee, K Danas - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Most current magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are broadly categorized into hard (h-
MREs) and soft (s-MREs) depending on the magnetic properties of the underlying particles …

Topology optimization for continuous and discrete orientation design of functionally graded fiber-reinforced composite structures

J Lee, D Kim, T Nomura, EM Dede, J Yoo - Composite Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a topology optimization method for the sequential design of material
layout and fiber orientation in functionally graded fiber-reinforced composite structures …

A nonlinear hybrid energy harvester with high ultralow-frequency energy harvesting performance

K Wang, H Ouyang, J Zhou, Y Chang, D Xu, H Zhao - Meccanica, 2021 - Springer
The exploration of renewable energy technology is increasingly important owing to
depletion of fossil fuels and the environmental pollution caused by the use of fossil fuels …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A Novel Magnetic Circuit Design Method for a Permanent Magnetic Chuck of a Wall-Climbing Robot

Y Zhang, E Guan, P Li, Y Zhao - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Permanent magnet wall-climbing robots are widely used in the maintenance of tanks in the
petrochemical industry and the overhaul of large-pressure pipelines in the hydropower …

Permanent magnet design for magnetic heat pumps using total cost minimization

R Teyber, PV Trevizoli, TV Christiaanse… - Journal of Magnetism …, 2017 - Elsevier
The active magnetic regenerator (AMR) is an attractive technology for efficient heat pumps
and cooling systems. The costs associated with a permanent magnet for near room …

Topology optimization of synchronous reluctance motors considering the optimal current reference in the field-weakening and maximum-torque-per-voltage regions

C Lee, IG Jang - IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The torque performance of the synchronous reluctance motors (SynRMs) is primarily
determined by the geometric design and current control. The motor structure needs to be …

[HTML][HTML] New frontiers in magnetic refrigeration with high oscillation energy-efficient electromagnets

K Klinar, U Tomc, B Jelenc, S Nosan, A Kitanovski - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This article reports on the novel resistive electromagnetic field source with the magnetic
energy recovery, which enables the use of the static magnetocaloric regenerator. Most of the …