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Ferrofluidic thermal switch in a magnetocaloric device

Thermal switches are advanced heat-management devices that represent a new opportunity to improve the energy efficiency and power density of caloric devices. In this study we have developed a numerical model to analyze the operation and the performance of static thermal switches in caloric refrigera...

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Autores principales: Klinar, Katja, Vozel, Katja, Swoboda, Timm, Sojer, Tom, Muñoz Rojo, Miguel, Kitanovski, Andrej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8819379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.103779
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author Klinar, Katja
Vozel, Katja
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Sojer, Tom
Muñoz Rojo, Miguel
Kitanovski, Andrej
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description Thermal switches are advanced heat-management devices that represent a new opportunity to improve the energy efficiency and power density of caloric devices. In this study we have developed a numerical model to analyze the operation and the performance of static thermal switches in caloric refrigeration. The investigation comprises a parametric analysis of a realistic ferrofluidic thermal switch in terms of the maximum temperature span, cooling power, and coefficient of performance. The highest achieved temperature span between the heat source and the heat sink was 1.12 K for a single embodiment, which could be further developed into a regenerative system to increase the temperature span. A sensitivity analysis is conducted to correlate the relationship between the input parameters and the results. We show that thermal switches can be used in caloric devices even when switching ratios are small, which greatly extends the possibilities to implement different types of thermal switches.
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spelling pubmed-88193792022-02-09 Ferrofluidic thermal switch in a magnetocaloric device Klinar, Katja Vozel, Katja Swoboda, Timm Sojer, Tom Muñoz Rojo, Miguel Kitanovski, Andrej iScience Article Thermal switches are advanced heat-management devices that represent a new opportunity to improve the energy efficiency and power density of caloric devices. In this study we have developed a numerical model to analyze the operation and the performance of static thermal switches in caloric refrigeration. The investigation comprises a parametric analysis of a realistic ferrofluidic thermal switch in terms of the maximum temperature span, cooling power, and coefficient of performance. The highest achieved temperature span between the heat source and the heat sink was 1.12 K for a single embodiment, which could be further developed into a regenerative system to increase the temperature span. A sensitivity analysis is conducted to correlate the relationship between the input parameters and the results. We show that thermal switches can be used in caloric devices even when switching ratios are small, which greatly extends the possibilities to implement different types of thermal switches. Elsevier 2022-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8819379/ /pubmed/35146394 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.103779 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8819379/
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