Energy applications of magnetocaloric materials

Kitanovski, Andrej (author)

The need for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration, heat pumping, air conditioning, and thermal energy harvesting systems is currently more urgent than ever. Magnetocaloric energy conversion is among the best available alternatives for achieving these technological goals and has been the subject of substantial basic and applied research over the last two decades. The subject is strongly interdisciplinary, requiring proper understanding and efficient integration of knowledge in different specialized fields. This review article presents a historical and up-to-date account of the energy-related applications of magnetocaloric materials and information about their processing and magnetic fields, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and other relevant characteristics. The article also discusses the conceptual design of magnetocaloric refrigeration and power generation systems and some guidelines for future research in the field.

• Language: English
• Keywords: magnetocalorics, thermomagnetics, refrigeration, heat pumps, energy conversion
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: 34 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 10, iss. 10, art. 1903741
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-124216
• UDC: 621.577(045)
• ISSN on article: 1614-6832
• DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201903741
• COBISS.SI-ID: 17031963
• Publication date in RUL: 07.01.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Advanced energy materials
• Shortened title: Adv. energy mater.
• Publisher: Wiley
• ISSN: 1614-6832
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2547300

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 04.02.2020

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: magnetokaloričnost, termomagnetizem, hlajenje, toplotne črpalke, pretvorba energij

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: J2-9253
• Name: Multikalorično hlajenje

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P2-0223
• Name: Prenos toplote in snovi