Adapting an active magnetic regenerator to a continuous fluid flow application

•A concept to suit a continuous fluid flow application has been tested.•The performance gain has been investigated both numerically and experimentally.•This concept applied to magnetic refrigeration showed a cooling power gain up to 22%. This paper presents a concept adapted to magnetocaloric refrig...

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Published in:International journal of refrigeration 2018-01, Vol.85, p.303-313
Main Authors: Lionte, S., Risser, M., Vasile, C., Elouad, L., Muller, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active magnetic regeneration
By-pass flow
Computational fluid dynamics
Computer simulation
Cooling
Flow velocity
Fluid flow
Froid magnétique
Heat exchangers
Heat transfer
Industrial process
Magnetic refrigeration
Numerical analysis
Procédé industriel
Refrigeration
Régénération magnétique active
Studies
Écoulement en dérivation
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Summary:•A concept to suit a continuous fluid flow application has been tested.•The performance gain has been investigated both numerically and experimentally.•This concept applied to magnetic refrigeration showed a cooling power gain up to 22%. This paper presents a concept adapted to magnetocaloric refrigeration in order to better suit an application of a continuous fluid flow such as an industrial process. The concept, called the by-pass flow, consists in a derivation in the fluid flow from the Active Magnetic Regenerator (AMR) in order to take a part of the heat transfer fluid from the cold side of the regenerator after passing it through a counter-current heat exchanger to reinject it into the hot side. The value of the by-pass fluid flow rate has been studied by using two theoretical methods (qualitative and quantitative approaches) then validated by numerical simulations and experimental measurements. Numerical simulation shows an increase of 27% in the value of cooling power when the by-pass method is implemented. In the case of experimental measurements, the cooling power with the by-pass solution shows values between 8% and 22% more than the classic solution, depending on the frequency values. The main operations are described and the results are presented, analyzed and discussed.
ISSN:0140-7007
1879-2081
DOI:10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2017.10.009